====== Getting Started With JAsCo ======


To get started with JAsCo, we recommend you to read the following paper to get you started:

  *  **Aspect Oriented Programming in JAsCo** [{{taosd05.pdf|download paper}}]

Alternatively, you might read the following three papers that cover specific topics of the JAsCo language in more detail than the paper above:
  - Suvee, D., Vanderperren, W., and Jonckers, V. JAsCo: an Aspect-Oriented approach tailored for Component Based Software Development.In Proc of international conference on aspect-oriented software development (AOSD), Boston, USA, march 2003.   [{{aosd2003.pdf|download paper}}]
  - Vanderperren, W., Suvee, D., Cibran, M. and De Fraine, B. Stateful Aspects in JAsCo. In proceedings of SC 2005, LNCS, April 2005. [{{sc2005.pdf|download paper}}]
  - Vanderperren, W., Suvee, D., Cibran, M., Verheecke, B. and Jonckers, V. Adaptive Programming in JAsCo. In Proceedings of AOSD 2005, ACM Press, Chicago, USA, March 2005. [{{aosd2005.pdf|download paper}}]

Afterwards you could install the [[eclipse:JAsCoDT|JAsCo development tools for Eclipse]] and try the two example projects also available [[JAsCoDT|here]].
When you're done, you can start following the online manual in Eclipse to make your own JAsCo artifacts. Please refer to the [[documentation:main|documentation section]] for more in detail information on the language and tools.

Alternatively, when you don't want to use Eclipse (not recommended for starters), you can [[Downloads|download the JAsCo kernel]] and command line tools.

Have fun!