User Guide

The User Guide teaches CongoCC through worked examples and task-oriented how-to guides, with deeper explanations of how the tool works. Start with Installation and the tutorial, then dip into the how-to guides as needed.

• Installation

Tutorial

• Your First Grammar
• Walkthrough: A Calculator
• Walkthrough: JSON
• Where to Go Next

How-To Guides

• How To: Design Tokens
• How To: Resolve Choice Conflicts
• How To: Shape and Use the Tree
• How To: Structure a Project
• How To: Integrate the Build
• How To: Test Grammars and Parsers
• How To: Handle Context-Sensitive Input
• How To: Parse Large Inputs
• How To: Parse Resiliently

Explanation

• How Parsing Works
• How the Lexer Works
• Design Philosophy
• Templates and Code Generation

Getting Help

• Troubleshooting
• FAQ
• Migrating from JavaCC / JavaCC21