piet's Introduction

Piet

Piet is an esoteric progrmming language invented by David Morgen-Mar where the code looks like abstract art. For more language specific information please refer to the original language specification or take a look at my documentaion in the docs folder.

Overview

This project provides an impelmentaion of a piet interpreter in combination with a simple browser based IDE written in C# using .NET and Blazor. Blazor provides a build as WebAssembly, so you can run this project witout any additional infrastructure setup, or simply check out the deployed version here.

Development

Current status

The current version is a minimal working prototype with a small feature set, only the essential components for creating and executing a Piet program are available.

Future steps

Feature	Description	Status
Improve error handling	Catch interpreter exceptions and enable a rerun. Exceptions should be displayed via a modal	in progress
Command history	Display the command history of an exexuted program	in progress
Show program stack and states	Display the internal program stack and the status of CodelChooser and DirectionPointer	ready for work
Add debugging capabilities #1	Enable a stepwise execution of the program	ready for work
Add debugging capabilities #2	Enable backward steps during debugging	blocked by `Add debugging capabilities #1`
Add debugging capabilities #3	Add breakpoints to the Piet program and adapt debugger	blocked by `Add debugging capabilities #1`
Save and load Piet programs	Add the functionality to save and load programs created with the UI.	ready for work
Import random images	Import random images (png, jpg, ...) and convert them into a Piet program	blocked by `Save and load Piet programs`
Create programs automatically	Automate the creation of valid piet programs by using math, brain and a lots of fancy buzzwords	ready for work

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