Nit Tools

The Compiler Nitc

nitc is the current official Nit compiler. It takes the main module of a Nit program as argument and produce an executable file.

• nitc manpage

The Interpreter and Debugger Nit

nit is the current official interpreter. It takes the main module of a program as the first arguments then the option and commands of the program.

nit also includes an interactive debugger, it supports basics commands used for debugging a program much like GDB or such.

• nit manpage

The Documentation Generator Nitdoc

nitdoc takes one or more modules and generate HTML pages of API documentation for these modules and their imported modules.

• nitdoc manpage

The Unit Tester Nitunit

nitunit executes the unit tests from Nit source files.

• nitunit manpage

The Metrics Collector Nitmetrics

nitmetrics gathers some statistics about a Nit programs or modules.

It counts various number of entities and generates some graphs (with graphviz)

• nitmetrics manpage

The Code Highligher Nitlight

nitlight, generates HTML of highlighted code from Nit source files.

• nitlight manpage

Other Tools

• nitdbg_client, network client for remote debugging.
• Nitls, lists package and path of Nit source files.
• Nitpick, collects potential style and code issues.
• Nitpretty, pretty prints Nit code from Nit source files.
• Nitserial, generates serialization support modules.
• Nitx, displays specific pieces of API information from Nit source files.