Jack Resources

Contained here are resources for the nand2tetris "Jack" programming language.

Features

• Unit testing framework "UnitTest".
  • Provides assertion functions for primitives and objects.
  • Provides detailed feedback for failing tests.
• String utility library aptly-dubbed "Strings".
  • equals()
  • repeat()
  • join(), concat(), split()
  • coerceInt(), coerceChar(), coerceBoolean(), parseChar()
  • substring(), indexOf()
  • count()
  • sprintf()
• Output sugar library named "Out".
  • Java-like println()
  • C-like printf()
  • printfln()
• Text-editor language support.
  • Emacs
    • Syntax highlighting including OS classes.
    • Compile jack-build-directory with <f5>.
    • Run the VMEmulator with <f9>.