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    <h1><img alt="Jtalk is an implementation of the Smalltalk language that runs on the JavaScript runtime." src="images/title_container1.png"/></h1>
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      <p>Jtalk is an implementation of the  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk">Smalltalk</a> language that runs on top of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">JavaScript</a> runtime. It is designed to make client-side development faster and easier.</p>
      <p>Jtalk is written in itself, including the parser and compiler. Jtalk compiles into efficient JavaScript, mapping one-to-one with the equivalent JavaScript. There is no interpretation at runtime.</p>
      <p>Try a <button onClick="smalltalk.Browser._open()"> Class browser</button> right now!</p>
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  <h2>Client-side usage</h2>
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    <p>Load the full Jtalk Smalltalk environment with the IDE in your page:</p> 

    {% highlight html %}<script src="js/jtalk.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/jtalk.css"/>{% endhighlight %}

    <p>Or the deployment JavaScript file only (without the Smalltalk parser or compiler):</p>
    {% highlight html %}<script src="js/jtalk.deploy.js" type="text/javascript"></script>{% endhighlight %}
    <p>Read the <a href="#documentation">documentation</a> to learn more about writing applications in Jtalk.</p>
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  <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
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    <p>You can get a copy of Jtalk from github or clone the <a href="http://github.com/NicolasPetton/jtalk">git repository</a>.</p> 
    <a href="http://github.com/NicolasPetton/jtalk/zipball/master">
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    <a href="http://github.com/NicolasPetton/jtalk/tarball/master">
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