your-script

Module allows you to create your own subset of keywords for JavaScript

Do you ever dreamed of MeowScript or BroScript? Now it's easier then ever.

Distribution

This module is distributed via npm, run npm i your-script just where you need it.

Usage

Easy way:

var yourScript = require('your-script');
var yoscript = new yourScript();

yoscript.parse('var barrio = foorio;');

And if you'll log the result of this operation, you'll see... No difference :) This happens due the default .lex configurations, there is no difference between javascript.lex and yourscript.lex by default. So, the easiest way to change keywords is just edit yourscript.lex in the way you like it and than translate everything from end to end.

This module is bundled with some dialects inside:

• geoscript — keywords are random places on earth
• meowscript — 50 shades of meow

True way:

This module assumed to be used for creating custom .lex definitions, so create a folder somewhere, and put there javascript.lex (it's required for this module to work, default could be found in lexems folder), and literally-any-script.lex, when instantiating the yourScript instance, just pass the path (yeah), in config object:

var translator = new yourScript({
  lexemsFolder: './per/some/folder/ad/lexems'
  from: 'javascript',
  to: 'somescript'
});

Now you have a translator, which will replace all keywords in given source from javascript to somescript definitions. If initial folder contains more then two file, it's totally ok, you can set the source and destination subsets right before parsing:

var translator = new yourScript({
  lexemsFoalder: './lexems'
});

and then...

translator.parse(sourceString, {
  from: 'subset you source written in'
  to 'subset to translate your source to'
});

now we're ready to...

How to create MeowScript

• npm i your-script somewhere you like it
• open node_modules/your-script/lexems folder
• create meowscript.lex file
• open javascript.lex somewhere nearby
• replace all the keywords! The order doesn't matters, just be imaginative :) Example:

VAR meow
LET meoww
CONST meOw
FOR meowwr
...

• var translator = require('your-script');

meowScript = new translator({
  to: 'meowscript'
});

• Pass some source through it:

var kitty = new Kitty(); if (kitty.isHungry()) {kitty.feed()}
                            ||
                           \||/
                            \/
meow kitty = MEW Kitty(); meeow (kitty.isHungry()) {kitty.feed()}

• Have fun :)

YourScript object interface:

    /**
     * Applies given config.
     *
     * @param {Object} config
     *   @config {String} lexemsFolder Path to lookup for keywords
     *   @config {String} sourceSubset Subset to parse from
     *   @config {String} destinationSubset Subset to parse to
     */
    applyConfig: function(config)
    
    /**
     * Parses the given string, translating it between subsets.
     *
     * @param {String} string Source to parse
     * @param {Object} options
     *   @config {String} sourceSubset Subset to parse from
     *   @config {String} destinationSubset Subset to parse to
     * @returns {String} translated source
     */
    parse: function (string, options)
    
    /**
     * Replaces tokens with their translations from preset subsets.
     *
     * @param {String} string source, contains tokens from source subset
     * @param {Object[]} tokens Array of esprima tokens to be used in replacing.
     * @returns {String} source, contains target subset tokens
     */
    replaceTokens: function(string, tokens)
    
    /**
     * Translates the keyword from the preset source subset to target subset.
     *
     * @param {String} keyword actual keyword value
     * @returns {String} translated keyword
     */
    translate: function(keyword)
    
    /**
     * Checks whether this token should be replaced or not.
     *
     * @param {Object} token esprima token
     * @returns {Boolean} true if should be replaced
     */
    isTargetToken: function(token)
    
    /**
     * Applies translation offset to the given position.
     *
     * @param {Number} position
     * @returns {Number} position with offset
     */
    applyOffset: function(position)
    
    /**
     * Increments translation offset (different subsets - different keyword length)
     *
     * @param {String} tokenValue
     */
    incrementOffset: function(tokenValue)

Under the hood.

This module uses esprima fork, which supports custom keywords, can be found at:

https://github.com/iamfrontender/esprima-custom-keywords

And small yet useful keywords-provider:

https://github.com/iamfrontender/keywords-provider

Cheers, mate!