README

AKO Language [WIP]

AKO is a programming language built to be used by no-code or low-code tools

It's a simple scripting language designed to be embedded in application or webApp

Here is a sample of what Ako looks like

task DelayMessage ["msg"] {
  @print("Hum")
  for i in [3,2,1] {
    @sleep(1)
    @print(String.repeat(".", i))
  }
  @print(msg)
}

name = @ask('What is your name ?')
@DelayMessage("Hello {name} !")

[ Test this code ]

Problem & Goals

Most No-code or Low-code existing solution have big limitations:

Bloaty and complicated
closed source, so it can be hard to contribute or add custom logic
their own UI that can be really frustrating for more advanced user (like blockly)
the code is usually stored in a proprietary text format (JSON, YAML or XML) and is not portable or reusable

Ako tries to fill the gap by providing at the same time:

A visual programming interface for beginners
An interpreter designed to run almost anywhere
A programming language for more advanced users but easy to learn
Automatic common error detection with code analysis and human friendly error message

Getting Started

From NPM

# Install Ako interpreter
npm install -g ako-lang

# Execute
ako run ./test.ako

Standalone Executable

You can directly use standalone executable of the interpreter : Release page

It's compiled for Windows, Mac and Linux and once downloaded, you can use it to run Ako scripts

./ako.exe run test.ako

CDN

For web usage, you can load the library directly with ESM imports

import * as Ako from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ako-lang@0.0.12/dist/ako-web.js'

How to write Ako scripts ?

For that, please take a look at our Documentation

Ako Development

After cloning this repository

Getting started locally

npm install # install deps
npm run build
npm link # link the local file globally

ako run ./samples/ # use the interpreter

Other

npm test # run unit tests
npm run package # create the binaries (after build)

Usage no npm install needed!