jisp

Note: I apologise for the lack of updates. I've been preparing 0.4.0, which is a complete rewrite of the compiler with a bunch of breaking changes. It revises some parts of the language, dropping dead end ideas and focusing on the core features. Unfortunately I'm busy with some other projects right now.

Description

Jisp is the modern JavaScript for the modern developer. Its macro system lets you treat code as data and write functions that write code for you. Reuse code without runtime limitations, make your code more abstract and shorter, reprogram the language itself.

Jisp's extremely simple syntax protects against common JS pitfalls, and it builds some common coding patterns right into the language, helping keep your code short.

See the interactive online documentation. You can contribute to the documentation by sending pull requests to the gh-pages branch of this repo.

Installation and Usage

Get Node.js. This will give you the local node runtime and the npm package manager. Install jisp with npm:

$ npm install -g jisp

Alternatively, download the source, run npm install to get the dependencies, and use ./bin/jisp and ./jisp/jisp.js as entry points.

Require in Node, registering the file extension:

require('jisp/register');

This allows you to require jisp scripts directly from your code, like so:

require('./app.jisp');

Launch an interactive REPL:

$ jisp
jisp>

Compile a file or directory:

$ jisp -c <file>

Stream-compile with gulp-jisp.

While not recommended for production, jisp can be directly used in the browser. Include the browser/jisp.js file with your webpage. It registers the text/jisp script type to automatically compile and run jisp scripts loaded with src or included in script tags. It also exposes a global object with the compile and eval methods for jisp code. This is how the documentation is implemented.

When hacking at the compiler, use the following commands in the project dir:

npm test                 -- recompiles dev from src twice, using the dev compiler
npm run reset            -- disaster recovery: recompiles dev with lib (stable)
npm run build            -- recompiles lib with dev (prepublish)

Super basic Sublime Text build system (OS X):

• sudo npm install -g jisp

• Tools > Build System > New Build System

• put lines:

    {
      "cmd": ["jisp", "$file"],
      "path": "/usr/local/bin/"
    }
  

• save to: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/User