electron/docs/tutorial/repl.md
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# REPL
Read-Eval-Print-Loop (REPL) is a simple, interactive computer programming
environment that takes single user inputs (i.e. single expressions), evaluates
them, and returns the result to the user.
The `repl` module provides a REPL implementation that can be accessed using:
* Assuming you have `electron` or `electron-prebuilt` installed as a local
project dependency:
```sh
./node_modules/.bin/electron --interactive
```
* Assuming you have `electron` or `electron-prebuilt` installed globally:
```sh
electron --interactive
```
This only creates a REPL for the main process. You can use the Console
tab of the Dev Tools to get a REPL for the renderer processes.
**Note:** `electron --interactive` is not available on Windows.
More information can be found in the [Node.js REPL docs](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest/docs/api/repl.html).