Genesis Programming Language

This language is NOT production ready yet, and as a result, most features will not work. Wait for version 1.0 of Genesis to be released

Genesis is a general-purpose programming language designed for simplicity, stricter-typing, expressiveness, and easy integration with existing JavaScript ecosystems. It transpiles to JavaScript, so you can use it anywhere JS runs (in browsers, Node.js, etc.) without needing a separate runtime.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Getting Started
• Usage
• Standard Library
• Roadmap
• Contributing
• License

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Features

• Easy to Learn: Genesis has familiar syntax for those who know JavaScript or C-style languages, More specifically C++.
• Transpilation: All Genesis code compiles down to readable JavaScript, so it runs anywhere JS does.
• Extensible Standard Library: Genesis comes with a library of utilities (like print, range, etc.) that can grow with community contributions.
• No Separate Runtime: Leverages the existing JavaScript environment, removing the need for an extra VM or heavy runtime.

Example

int x = 10;
if (x > 5) {
    print("x is large!");
}

The generated JavaScript code would be:

let x = 10;
if (x > 5) {
    console.log("x is large!");
}

Installation

To install genesis, use the following command:

npm install genesis -g

Getting Started

1. Use npm install genesis -g to get the Cli globally
2. Create a .gen file with your code.
3. Run the command genesis <fileName>.gen to produce the corresponding JavaScript
4. Execute the generated JS code via node or in any JS enviornment.

Usage

Rather than running the genesis <fileName>.gen command to generate a corresponding JS file. You can simply run genesis build <fileName>.gen. This will transpile your genesis code and immeditely run the transpiled code.

Standard Library

Genesis comes with a Transpiler API built-in if you want to integrate Genesis into a build step or IDE.

import { transpiler } from "genesis";

const genesisCode = `
int main() {
    print("Hello from Genesis!");
}
`
const jsOutput = transpiler(genesisCode);
console.log(jsOutput); // -> 'console.log("Hello from Genesis!")'

roadmap

license

contributing