# Boa

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This is an experimental Javascript lexer, parser and compiler written in Rust. Currently, it has support for some of the language. [![Build Status][build_badge]][build_link] [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/boa-dev/boa/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/boa-dev/boa) [![](http://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/boa)](https://crates.io/crates/boa) [![](https://docs.rs/Boa/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/Boa/) [build_badge]: https://img.shields.io/endpoint.svg?url=https%3A%2F%2Factions-badge.atrox.dev%2Fboa-dev%2Fboa%2Fbadge&style=flat [build_link]: https://actions-badge.atrox.dev/boa-dev/boa/goto ## Live Demo (WASM) You can get more verbose errors when running from the command line. ## Development documentation You can check the internal development docs at . ## Benchmarks See [Benchmarks](https://boa-dev.github.io/boa/dev/bench/). ## Contributing Please, check the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file to know how to contribute in the project. You will need Rust installed and an editor. We have some configurations ready for VSCode. ### Debugging Check [debugging.md](./docs/debugging.md) for more info on debugging. ### Web Assembly This interpreter can be exposed to javascript! You can build the example locally with: ``` $ yarn install $ yarn serve ``` In the console you can use `window.evaluate` to pass JavaScript in. To develop on the web assembly side you can run `yarn serve` then go to `http://localhost:8080`. ## Roadmap See [Milestones](https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/milestones). ## Changelog See [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md). ## Usage - Clone this repo. - Run with `cargo run -- test.js` where `test.js` is an existing JS file. - If any JS doesn't work then it's a bug. Please raise an issue! ## Profiling See [Profiling](./docs/profiling.md) ## Command-line Options ``` USAGE: boa_cli [OPTIONS] [FILE]... FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information -V, --version Prints version information OPTIONS: -a, --dump-ast Dump the abstract syntax tree (ast) to stdout with the given format [possible values: Debug, Json, JsonPretty] ARGS: ... The JavaScript file(s) to be evaluated ``` ## Communication Feel free to contact us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/tUFFk9Y). ## Example ![Example](docs/img/latestDemo.gif) ## License This project is licensed under the [Unlicense](./LICENSE-UNLICENSE) or [MIT](./LICENSE-MIT) licenses, at your option.