Alpha.md

Alpha Spec

Spec of first prototype of the language, editor and platform.

Code Tree

const codeTree = Map()

const blockID = nanoid()

codeTree.set(blockID, {
  type: "expression", // expression | statement
  kind: "binary expression",
  refs: {
    left: "id1",
    right: "id2",
  },
})

Storage

All data is stored in 3 JSON blobs and synced to the cloud:

• Code Tree map (JSON KV) - necessary for reads - Priority 0
• Child / parent map (JSON KV) - necessary for writes - Priority 1
• Full-text search index (MiniSearch) - necessary for search - Priority 2

They are loaded locally on startup and changes are sent to the cloud one by one.

Editor

• Editor view
• Block-view:
  • Autocomplete to add blocks.
  • ...
• Blocks:
  • ...

Runtime

• Pausable interpreter? Or just traceable.
• Standard library.

Platform

• Create and deploy app.
• Custom domains.
• ...
• Basic usage based billing.