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BALLERINA
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DESCRIPTION
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Ballerina is an open source programming language and platform for cloud-era application programmers to easily write
software that just works.


INSTALLATION
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For information on how to install and set up Ballerina, refer to the INSTALL.txt file in the Ballerina home directory.


USAGE
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Once you have installed Ballerina, you can open a terminal and run the `bal` command to use Ballerina. Try running
`bal version` to verify that everything is in order. You should see an output similar to the following:
    $ bal version
    jBallerina 1.1.0
    Language specification 2019R3
    Ballerina tool 0.8.0

Run `bal help` for more information on the commands and the options available.

Check out our quick tour guide (https://ballerina.io/learn/quick-tour/) to get up and running with Ballerina in no time.


SUPPORT
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If you run in to any problems while using Ballerina, you can use the following mediums to raise your issues and get them
resolved.

- Discord server: https://discord.gg/ballerinalang
- Stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ballerina
- Ballerina developer group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ballerina-dev
- Ballerina Github repository: https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-lang
- Ballerina Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ballerinalang
