SeedLang is a visualizable low-code programming environment that focuses on educational purposes.
Source Code and NuGet Packages
Getting Started
SeedLang supports a number of scripting languages.
For example, SeedCalc is a lightweight sub-language to parse and execute arithmetic expressions. With SeedCalc, calculator applications can visualize every single step of arithmetic calculations.
You can run script code in one of the SeedLang scripting languages with SeedLang.Shell. You can also embed the SeedLang compiler/interpreter/runtime into your own hosting applications.
Note: the following example commands should be executed in the csharp dir:
cd csharp
Run SeedLang scripts with SeedLang.Shell
SeedCalc
A typical SeedCalc script is an arithmetic expression. For example:
3.1415926 * (10 + -2.71828) / 7e-3
You can start the interactive mode of SeedLang.Shell to input and execute SeedCalc expressions:
dotnet run --project src/SeedLang.Shell -- -l SeedCalc
You can also run a script file directly:
dotnet run --project src/SeedLang.Shell -- -l SeedCalc -f ../examples/seedcalc/scripts/arithmetic.calc
Or, run the script file with all the shell-based visualizers on:
dotnet run --project src/SeedLang.Shell -- -l SeedCalc -f ../examples/seedcalc/scripts/arithmetic.calc -v All
Shell-based visualizers are the example visualizers predefined by
SeedLang.Shell. By default, only the final Eval step is shown to the console.
With command-line option -v All, every calculation step of an expression will
be printed to the console. See SeedLang.Shell’s
VisualizerManager.cs
for more details.
See also the dir of SeedCalc Example Scripts.
SeedPython
Start the interactive mode of SeedLang.Shell to parse and execute SeedPython statements:
dotnet run --project src/SeedLang.Shell -- -l SeedPython
Run the fibonacci example:
dotnet run --project src/SeedLang.Shell -- -l SeedPython -f ../examples/seedpython/scripts/fibonacci.py
Run the fibonacci example with all the shell-based visualizers on:
dotnet run --project src/SeedLang.Shell -- -l SeedPython -f ../examples/seedpython/scripts/fibonacci.py -v All
See also the dir of SeedPython Example Scripts.
Embed SeedLang into .Net console applications
The Apples application shows the way how to embed SeedLang into a .Net console application. It also defines a customized visualizer to shows the integer numbers ranging from 1 to 20 as corresponding number of red apples.
Here is an example run of Apples:
dotnet run --project ../examples/seedcalc/dotnet/apples
] 3+4*(5-3)-4
STEP 1: 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 - 🍎🍎🍎 = 🍎🍎
STEP 2: 🍎🍎🍎🍎 * 🍎🍎 = 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
STEP 3: 🍎🍎🍎 + 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 = 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
STEP 4: 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 - 🍎🍎🍎🍎 = 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
Result: 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
See the Source code of Apples for more details.