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Get Started with Acorn
Quick Summary
“A small, fast ECMAScript parser for JavaScript.”
Best for: Developers building JavaScript code editors
Time to first integration: 5 minutes
📋Prerequisites
- ✓Node.js 18+ installed
- ✓A Acorn account — sign up here
- ✓An existing project (Next.js, React, or Node.js recommended)
Setup Steps
2 steps1
1
Install Acorn via npm
Use npm to install Acorn in your project.
bash
npm install acorn2
2
Parse JavaScript code
Use Acorn to parse a JavaScript file.
javascript
const acorn = require('acorn'); const ast = acorn.parse('let x = 10;');Common Gotchas
Watch out for these issues in your first week.
Parsing fails on non-standard JavaScript syntax
Fix: Ensure the code conforms to ECMAScript standards or customize Acorn's parser options.
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