Install MEML

Requirements#

To use MEML, you must install nodejs and npm on your system. For MacOS and Windows users, you can download and install it from their official website. Linux users can simply install it from their system's package manager.

Installing MLD#

Most people don't use MEML directly. Instead, they use mld, the MEML dev system. If you are familiar to cargo or parcel, it is inspired by by both. First install mld globally:

npm install -g mld

tip

If you get a permission error on MacOS or Linux, try running npm as root (with sudo)

Now run mld in a terminal. You should get an output similar to:

Usage: mld [options] [command]

An experimental everything environment for meml

Options:
  -V, --version                output the version number
  -h, --help                   display help for command

Commands:
  init [directory]             Create a MEML project in the current or specified directory
  dev [directory]              Start a dev server in the current or specified directory
  build [options] [directory]  Build an optimized bundle for the current directory
  help [command]               display help for command

Additional development tools#

It is strongly recommended to install the following development tools on your system:

VSCode