Duck Programming Language

A Ruby-inspired programming language that compiles to JavaScript

Quick Start

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/mostypc123/duck.git

# Navigate to compiler directory
cd duck/compiler

# No need to install dependencies

Your First Duck Program

1. Create a file hello.duck:

mainfunc;
    console "Hello Duck!";
end;

2. Run it:

npm run compile -- --run hello.duck

Features

• 🎯 Ruby-inspired syntax for JavaScript ecosystem
• 🚀 Direct compilation to JavaScript
• 📦 Support for JavaScript libraries (WIP)
• 🔍 Built-in run support
• 🛠️ Type declarations
• 🌈 Simple and expressive function syntax

Usage

Compilation Options

# Just compile
npm run compile yourfile.duck

# Compile and run (method 1)
npm run compile-run yourfile.duck

# Compile and run (method 2)
npm run compile -- --run yourfile.duck

JavaScript Libraries (WIP)

Duck supports importing any JavaScript library:

import express {app};  // NPM packages
import fs {fileSystem}; // Node.js built-ins

Note: While you can import any JavaScript library, full functionality depends on implementing corresponding Duck language features.

Examples

Check out examples/ directory for sample programs, including:

• hello_world.duck - Basic hello world
• More examples coming soon!

Development Status

Duck is currently in early development. Features being worked on:

• Enhanced type system
• Array support
• Object support
• More control structures

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by Ruby's elegant syntax
• Built with Node.js

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