JavaScript

Contents

How a Program becomes JavaScript, in parts. Start with the introduction, then follow each part into the rendered output and the runtime it links against.

• Introduction — what the JavaScript target is, and how to read the rest of this section.
• Capabilities — which high-level features are possible, built in or through a library.
• Coding standards — the Frenzi coding standards the generated code follows, global and JavaScript-specific.
• Example — a full program using every keyword, and the JavaScript it renders to.
• Naming considerations — how Program's dotted names are carried into JavaScript.
• Entry point — the generated main() that wires up the drivers and starts the reactive cycle.
• Drivers — the native drivers that provide capabilities like the user interface and animation, draining each cycle's emissions.
• Runtime — the Reactive and Context machinery the rendered code links against.
• Native modules — the hand-written, per-platform JavaScript behind NATIVE functions.
• Keywords — how each of Program's keywords renders to JavaScript.
• Project setup — the files and commands to build and run the rendered program.
• Reserved words — the words JavaScript keeps for itself, and how a Program name that collides with one is escaped.