malcolmkiano/swahili

A programming language with semantics borrowed from the Swahili language to help teach programming concepts to Swahili speaking students. # Swahili A new programming language with semantics borrowed from the Swahili language to help teach programming concepts to native Swahili-speaking students. ## Get Started ### Installation Swahili is built on Node. To get started, you can install Swahili, or follow the instructions to run without installing. ``` npm install -g swahili-lang ``` To start the REPL, just run `swahili` in your terminal. ``` swahili ``` Try things out! Here's a good command to get you started: ```swahili > andika("Jambo Dunia! Hello, World!") ``` ### External files You can pass in a file path to be executed when you run the `swahili` command in your terminal: ``` swahili ./examples/jambo.swh ``` To see more options for the `swahili` command run ``` swahili -h ``` ### Run without installing If you'd like to run without installing, simply use: ``` npx swahili-lang [filename] ``` To enable syntax highlighting for your Swahili programs in VS Code (more coming soon!), get this VS Code extension. --- ## Documentation ### Language Guide 1. Introduction 2. Grammar and types 3. Control flow and error handling 4. Loops and iterations 5. Functions 6. Expressions and operators 7. Numbers and dates ### Packages - HTTP - Random (Yoyote) ### References - Grammar - Built-in functions - Constants --- ## Examples - Jambo, Dunia! (Hello, World!) - Vitanzi (Loops) - Mraba (Squares) - FizzBuzz - Vyupa 99 (99 Bottles) - Mfuatano wa Fibonacci (Fibonacci Sequence) - Tarihi (To-do List) - Mchezo wa Dadu (Dice Rolls) - Watu API (People API) See all examples »