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# Introduction

Hi! Welcome to the official docs for Cylvre! In this documentation, you will learn everything there is to learn about Cylvre.

Have a suggestion? Leave it in [this issue](https://github.com/Cylvre-Language/Cylvre/issues/11) and help us improve. All suggestions are valuable.

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Cylvre is currently pre-alpha and the docs will only document the current working features of Cylvre.
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Cylvre is a strongly typed, programming language with type inference for the JVM.

All Cylvre files are saved with the extension `.cyl`

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All examples in this guide are written in Cylvre, including explanations of different features with reference to other languages.
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### Prerequisites

* Gradle 6.7
* JDK 8 or above

Gradle installation    >>>    <https://gradle.org/install/>

JDK installation        >>> [   https://openjdk.java.net/install/](https://openjdk.java.net/install/)

### Table of Contents

* Installation
* Basics
* Variables
* Loops
* Conditionals


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