glimlang 1.1.0

A simple toy programming language built in Python

GlimLang

GlimLang is a lightweight, toy programming language written in Python, complete with a custom Lexer, recursive descent Parser, tree-walking Interpreter, VS Code Extension, and Flask Web Playground.

Features 🚀

• 📝 Easy Syntax: Supported variables (let), conditional branches (if, else if, else), and iterations (while).
• 📦 Standard Library: Built-in methods like len(), upper(), lower(), str(), num(), type(), and input().
• 🧮 Function Scope Isolation: Isolated local execution environments supporting full recursion and return signals.
• 🎨 VS Code Extension: Clean syntax coloring, auto-pair completions, play button controls, and customizable path settings.
• 💻 Web Playground: Sleek, glassmorphic dark-mode web console for instant code running.

Local Installation 📦

To install GlimLang interpreter globally on your system:

pip install -e .

Now, you can run the Glim CLI tool from any directory:

gl run examples/hello.glim
gl repl
gl version
gl help

Running Web Playground 🌐

See instructions in docs/README_WEB.md.

pip install flask
python web/server.py

Open http://localhost:5001 in your web browser.

Contributing 🤝

Contributions are welcome! Please read our CONTRIBUTING.md to get started.

License 📄

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