AnyaBasic - The little toy programming language that could.

[relsoft]

Download source, binaries samples and docs:  http://rel.phatcode.net/junk.php?id=157

Hello peeps, 
Made this little toy language/interpreter in Java.

AnyaBASIC is a portable Interpreted Programming Language made in Java and out of
boredom after seeing a post about an esolang made of emoticons on the
Programmers,Developers Facebook Group.
It has a syntax similar to BASIC with a bit of C and PASCAL thrown in.

While I consider this language a "Toy Language", it evolved into something that's
capable of doing something more(games, graphics, etc).
It's also a language whose keywords are in English so it should be a good language
to use for teaching kids how to program.



Features



- Very easy to use

- Case insensitive

- As loosely-typed as any language can get

- Easy to figure out with clean syntax

- Only uses about 30 global keywords

- Fast(for an interpreter made in an interpreted language)

- Portable

- Graphics capable

- Full hardware acceleration

Don't expect much though.  Made this in a little less than 3 weeks.  😂

[Hotshot]

Look interested and does it have own IDE where you code em?

[relsoft]

Not yet, but I'm planning to make a simple one. 

[Kirl]

That's a cool project relsoft! 
Would love to see some code.

Made me remember an old presentation about how to make coding more accessible by giving immediate visual feedback in the ide. I couldn't find the vid, I'll post it if I manage to find it again.


Got it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII
http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/

[relsoft]

Thanks guys!

Updated to 0.4.3

Lots of stuff added.  Will port to droid for coding on the go. 

Uploaded a vid on facebook.


https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1013854522026339&id=100002054028740&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1013854522026339%3Atl_objid.1013854522026339%3Athid.100002054028740%3A306061129499414%3A2%3A0%3A1464764399%3A330136836053431123

[relsoft]

Btw, sources are included. 

[Optimus]

Cool

I wondered a while ago if you are still working on something.

p.s. Was getting a retro (now anymore) Pentium 3 with DOS, right now running your monodisco demo, then searching old qbasic forums, reminisching the old times. Wondering where everyone dissapeared.

[relsoft]

Yo Michael!  Nice to see you're back.



Some of us are on facebook. 



Just added associative arrays, functions as arguments, type returns, etc. 

Will port to android...

[relsoft]

Hosted on GitHub.

https://github.com/relminator/AnyaBasic