Now programming language

Website: https://nowlang.netlify.app Youtube: https://youtu.be/b3pY4MgOiY4

Contributing

Anyone can participate in the discussion about language changes by participating on the NowLang language mailing list, by replying to issues in this repository, and by uploading documents, tests or other resources.

There are many ways to contribute to NowLang.

• Submit bugs and help us verify fixes as they are checked in.
• Review the source code changes.
• Engage with other NowLang users and developers on StackOverflow.
• Help each other in the NowLang Community Discord. When commenting on issues in this repository, keep in mind:

• reactions are more useful than comments to show support.
• Motivating examples help us understand why you want new features more than pointers to other languages which have them. We love hearing feedback about your experiences with other languages, but we also want to know why they are right for NowLang in particular.

Setup

npm i -g nowlang

How to run?

nwc [.now file] [optional arguments]

Optional arguments: --tojs: convert to js file --tojsandrun: convert to js file and run

Example code

#use add for import now file
add utils.now;
#variable
var number = 0;
var object = <<log:"hello world!",end:"end">>;
#layers
layer(async){
delay(1000);
#user statement
$ isZero(number){
console.log(object.log);
}
delay(2000);
console.log(object.end);
}

#function
fn isZero(arg){
if(arg==0){
return(true);
}
return(false);
}

Document

var variablename = variable:any : variable definition Example:

var hello = "hello world";
console.log(hello);

if(var:bool){} : if condition Example:

var bool = true;
if(bool){
console.log("bool is true.");
}

else{} : else Example:

var bool = false;
if(bool){
console.log("bool is true.");
}else{
console.log("bool is false.");
}

else if(var:bool){} : else if Example:

var a = false;
var b = true;
if(a){
console.log("a");
}else if(b){
console.log("b");
}

for(again:int){} : for loop Example:

for(i=10){
console.log(i);
}

while(var:bool){} : while loop Example:

var a = true;
var s = "";
while(a){
s+="0";
if(s=="00000"){
a=false;
}
}

delay(miliseconds:int) : wait for miliseconds. Note: delay must be in layer(async). Example:

layer(async){
console.log("Hello world.");
delay(1000);
console.log("Waited for 1000 miliseconds.");
for(i=10){
delay(100);
console.log("delay in for loop.");
}
}

add path : import .now file Example: index.now

add utils.now;
for(game in games){
console.log(games[game]);
}

utils.now

var games = [
"pacman",
"tetris",
"Q*bert"
];

fn name(arguments){} : function definition Example:

writechars("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla semper porta commodo. Nunc ut neque dignissim, mattis nulla ut, dapibus neque.");
fn writechars (str) {
var chars = str.split("");
for(char in chars){
console.log(chars[char]);
} 
}

$ name(arguments){} : statement definition Example:

var percent = 100/100;
$ full(percent){
    console.log("percent is full.");
}

fn full (arg) {
  if (arg==1) {
    return(true);
  }
  return(false);
}

::> var:int : loop operator Example:

var a = "I love NowLang.".split("");
console.log(a[freeloop])::>a.length;
#*
results:
I

l
o
v
e

N
o
w
L
a
n
g
.
*#

:: var:int : inverse loop operator Example:

var a = "I love NowLang.".split("");
console.log(a[freeloop])::a.length;
#*
results:
.
g
n
a
L
w
o
N

e
v
o
l

I
*#

var:any .= var:any : it is equal to this property Example:

var a = "string";
a.=split(""); # a equal to [s, t, r, i, n, g]
console.log(a);