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Coming from JavaScriptEvery JavaScript habit beside its Essence spelling and the error you get if you forget, in one lookup table per topic.The standard libraryWhere JavaScript's built-ins went, what is in scope without an import, and how to read a type page, a signature and a name.Syntax glossaryEvery sigil, bracket, keyword and block in Essence, with where each is legal, a small program, and the page that teaches it.DiagnosticsEvery code the compiler reports, what it means, how to fix it, and which page teaches the construct behind it.
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The pages run in order from what the language refuses to do, through every construct, to the tools. Each page ends with the next.Installation puts theessence command on your machine first.