SmashLang: A JS-like Programming Language in Rust

SmashLang is a JavaScript-inspired programming language implemented in Rust that compiles to native binaries across all major platforms (desktop, mobile, server, WebAssembly, etc.). The language supports dynamic typing, native date/time, regular expressions, and control flow constructs like if, for, and while.

🚀 Features

• JavaScript-like Syntax: Familiar syntax for JavaScript developers
• Dynamic Typing: Flexible type system with runtime type checking
• Native Compilation: Compiles to native binaries for all major platforms
• WebAssembly Support: Compile to WebAssembly for web applications
• Cross-Platform: Works on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and more
• Standard Library: Built-in support for common operations
• Regular Expressions: Native regex support
• Date/Time Handling: Comprehensive date and time functionality
• Error Handling: Try/catch/finally mechanism
• Modern Language Features: Destructuring, pattern matching, async/await, and more

Platforms

🧰 Implementation

SmashLang is built using modern Rust crates:

• Lexer: Uses logos for efficient tokenization
• Parser: Uses pest for parsing with PEG grammar
• Interpreter: Custom interpreter with dynamic typing
• Compiler: Native code generation using cranelift
• Standard Library: Implemented using Rust's ecosystem (chrono, regex, etc.)

📦 Installation

From Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/profullstack/smashlang.git
cd smashlang

# Build the project
cargo build --release

# Install the binaries
cargo install --path .

Using the Install Script

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/profullstack/smashlang/refs/heads/master/install.sh | bash -s -- --master

🚀 Quick Start

Hello World

Create a file named hello.smash:

// hello.smash
print("Hello, SmashLang!");

Run it:

smash run hello.smash

Compile to Native Binary

smashc hello.smash -o hello
./hello

Compile to WebAssembly

smashc hello.smash --wasm -o hello.wasm

📚 Documentation

Comprehensive documentation is available in the docs directory:

• Getting Started Guide
• Language Reference
• Standard Library
• WebAssembly Support
• OS Hooks
• Process Management

🧪 Examples

SmashLang comes with a variety of examples to help you learn:

Language Features

• Control Flow
• Error Handling
• Functions
• Modules
• Pattern Matching
• Syntax
• Types
• Destructuring
• Object Enhancements

OS Integration

• File System
• Process Management

WebAssembly

• Hello WASM

Hardware Integration

• Input Tester
• Keyboard Monitor
• Mouse Tracker
• Touch Visualizer

🧪 Testing

Run all examples:

cd docs
./test_all_examples.sh

Run the test suite:

cargo test

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the ISC License - see the LICENSE file for details.