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02 — Kick the tires

Four steps to prove the install works: check the version, scaffold hello world, compile it to an executable, run it.

1. Check the install

$ cajeta --version
cajeta 0.8.0 (8190ee59)

A version string means the toolchain is on your PATH and healthy.

2. Create hello world

$ cajeta init basic hello
Initialized 'basic' archetype in hello:
  cajeta.json
  src/main/cajeta/com/example/basic/Main.cajeta
$ cd hello

3. Compile to an executable

$ cajeta build
Task 'build' outputs:
  path = build/exe/com.example.basic
  sha256 = sha256:...

The output is a native binary.

4. Run it

$ ./build/exe/com.example.basic
hello from com.example.basic

That’s the whole loop: init → build → run. Everything else — what the manifest means, the other project types, the rest of the cajeta command — comes next.

Next: Your first project.

Source: docs/guide/02-kick-the-tires.md · 1 min · 97 words