zaerald / AnyaBasic

AnyaBASIC is a portable Interpreted Programming Language made in Java. It has a syntax similar to BASIC with a bit of C, Javascript and PASCAL thrown in.

AnyaBasic

[A]bsolutely [N]ot [Y]our [A]verage BASIC

"The little toy language that could."

AnyaBASIC is a portable Interpreted Programming Language made in Java. It has a syntax similar to BASIC with a bit of C, Javascript and PASCAL thrown in.

This is a "Toy Language", so don't expect much. However, while this started as a "joke", this language evolved into something which is capable of doing a lot more(games, graphics, etc). It's also a language whose keywords are in English so it should be a good language to use in teaching kids how to program.

Author: Relminator (Richard Eric M. Lope) http://rel.phatcode.net email: [e-mail]

Features

• Very easy to use
• Case insensitive
• As loosely-typed as any language can get
• Easy to figure out with clean syntax
• Uses very few global keywords
• Fast(for an interpreter made in an interpreted language)
• Portable
• Graphics capable
• Full hardware acceleration

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• At least Java version 1.8

Downloads

• AnyaBasic v0.5.1

Installing

• Unzip the archive to any directory of your choice.
• C:/Programming/ is recommended for the ConTEXT IDE to work.
• There's a video of how to set up an offline version of Context on my facebook page(read the docs for the link).

Usage:

How to run the sample codes

$java -jar AnyaBasic.jar <source.abs>

• Just type the above line on the terminal/console or
• Double click any of the runxxxxxx.bat for Windows users.
• For graphics and sound apps, you need to include the lib path:

$java -Djava.library.path=. -jar AnyaBasic.jar <source.abs>

• See the batch and SH files in the samples section.
• You can also use the accompanying ConTEXT editor as an IDE to make coding a bit easier.

Contributing

Prerequisites

• JDK version 1.8+

How to Compile:

• Import the project as a Gradle project
• Execute Gradle Build task

./gradlew build

• Add a VM options on your run configurations

-Djava.library.path=./native/

License

AnyaBASIC uses the MIT license. That means it's free to use for either non-commercial or commercial purposes.

See LICENSE for full license.

Fun fact:

• The language supports Jejemon and Tagalog keywords.
• Please read the docs for the keyword counterparts or open and run "jejetaggame.abs"

Credits:

• LWJGL for AnyaBasic's graphics and sound backend

• ConTEXT Project

• Mehmet Emin Coskun for Contra.

  • [e-mail].
  • https://github.com/mehmetcnet/contra
  • https://leanpub.com/pic

• Bob Nystrom for Jasic.

  • www.stuffwithstuff.com
  • https://github.com/munificent/jasic

• Andre Victor T. Vicentini for FreeBasic.

  • www.freebasic.net

• Matthias Mann for his nice PNG decoder.

• Alexis Munsayac for some really important inputs while testing the language.

• Jonelle H. Castañeda for the trick to force the console to open on windows.

• Jhun Leo Belen and Vincent Kyle Eusebio for the jejemon conversions.

• Wilmar Calderon and Gerald Cruz for beta testing.

Greets:

• Jon Petrosky(Plasma) for hosting my site at www.phatcode.net
• Dave Stanley(Dr.D)
• Ryan Lloyd
• Richard Wright
• Adigun A. Polack
• Joe Antoon
• Ebben Feagan
• Eric Carr
• Piptol
• Shockwave
• Mario Zechner(Badlogic.com)
• James Robert Osborne
• Angelo Motolla
• Hex Disaster
• Ruben Rodriguez
• Dean Janjic (Lachie)
• Vin Sagun
• John Carlo Franco
• Argelo Royce P. Bautista
• John Derick Mejia
• Vriz Alejo
• Ruel Rule
• Ramon Lansangan
• Romell de Torres
• Marlo Barrientos
• All the guys at Programmers,Developers Facebook Group
• All the guys at FreeBASIC.net
• All the guys at Java-gaming.org (JGO)
• All the guys at dbfinteractive.com