Getting Started

HTML and Browser

  1. Download biwascheme.js
  2. Save the following as hello.html and open it
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  <head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8" /> 
    <title>BiwaScheme example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="bs-console">
    </div>
    <script src="biwascheme.js"></script>
    <script type="text/biwascheme">
      (print "Hello, world!")
      (print (current-date))
      (console-log "ok.")
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Node.js

There is a npm package of BiwaScheme for Node.js.

$ npm install biwascheme -g
$ biwas
> (+ 1 2)
3

Running a script file

$ cat hello.scm
(print "Hello, world!")
$ biwas hello.scm
Hello, world!

Using Node.js functions

(define fs (js-eval "require('fs')"))

(define path ".")
(print (js-invoke fs 'readdirSync path))
; Alternatively you can use `..` macro syntax:
; (print (.. fs `(readdirSync ,path)))