Elfenben

A Javascript with Lispy syntax and Macros!

Elfenben is Javascript using a 'Lispy' syntax, and compiles to Javascript.

Features

* Javscript Semantics
* Macros
* Tail Call Optimization
* Templates
* Callback Sequence (avoid nested callbacks)
* Monads
* Server-side REPL
* Unit test feature

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To install:

npm install -g elfenben

Run the REPL:

elfenben

Transpile:

elfenben app.elf

elfenben src/app.elf lib/app.js

Documentation for Elfenben can be found here

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##### Setting up your development environment
* Clone the repository
* Start up a terminal/console/command line and navigate to the root directory of the repository.
* Run npm install
* Run npm link (this will allow you to use the elfenben command)

##### Before running tests do:

npm run build-test

To build do:

npm run build

To run the tests do:

npm test

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Without the great developers behind Lispyscript, Elfenben would not be possible.
The project can be found here.

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Santosh Rajan santoshrajan.
Balaji Rao [balajirrao] (https://github.com/balajirrao).
Irakli Gozalishvili Gozala.
Darren Cruse darrencruse

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While Lispyscript is awesome I wanted to take the project into a different direction by
taking advantage of ES6 and bringing focus on compatibility with Node as opposed to
the browser. For browser compatiblity a transpiler like Babel or Typescript can be used.