Announcing BABLR
Conrad, a Frontend Engineer, has released BABLR, a new generalized parser framework aimed at transforming software development. The platform includes a parser framework, a parse tree format called agAST, and a data language for parse trees named CSTML. BABLR is designed to be lightweight and browser-native, facilitating a new approach to coding that emphasizes document-driven tools and user engagement.
- ▪BABLR is a new parser framework released by Conrad, a Frontend Engineer.
- ▪The platform includes agAST and CSTML, aiming to improve software development tools.
- ▪BABLR is designed to be lightweight and browser-native, enhancing user experience.
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Welcome! I'm Conrad, a Frontend Engineer by trade, and for the past five years I've been writing open source Javascript code. I've developed and am today releasing the latest version of a new generalized parser framework, BABLR, and with it a whole new API-based platform for software development.My goal with this project is to explore what would happen if the IDE was not a text file editor first, but rather a code document editor. If we were willing to shed some of the baggage of history, what might we gain in return?Already developers are using document-driven coding tools daily: formatters to handle indentation, linters to catch common mistakes, transpilers to desugar new language, and codemods to perform refactors that touch anywhere from tens of files to hundreds of thousands and…
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