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Getting startedΒΆ

1. Install Sen. On Linux the quickest route is the installer script, which downloads a release and writes an activate script you source from your shell. The same page covers consuming Sen as a Conan dependency, and building it from source if you need to.

2. Then take whichever route suits you. Both start from an installed Sen and cover much the same ground.

  • The tutorials walk it as a story: one object that counts and publishes itself, then two objects calling each other, then the same pair split across two processes.
  • Create your first package lays the same territory out as reference. sen package init generates a skeleton, and the page walks through what each generated file is for.

If a word is doing more work than you expect, the glossary covers the ones Sen redefines, and the ones that collide with something you already know.

After that, the examples are a graded set of working packages, the how-to guides answer specific questions, and the manual explains how Sen works underneath.

Running the tests is a different kind of page. It covers building and testing Sen itself from a source checkout, which is a contributor task and not a step on this path. You do not need it to use Sen.