ADR-0004 - TypeScript as the User-Facing Language for Scheduling, Constraints, and Command Expansion
Status
Retroactive, partially Superseded:
Command Expansion is still in Typescript, and Scheduling and Constraints checking TypeScript interfaces continue to be supported. Scheduling is now also supported in java.
Context
Scheduling and Command Expansion were both expected to be delivered around the same time. A user study had just concluded regarding users' preferred syntax, and the conclusion was that JavaScript and Lua were tied for first place. It was suggested that if we do JavaScript, that TypeScript would provide better
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Alternatives considered
- For Scheduling:
- Lua
- JavaScript
- LISP
- For Constraints:
- JSON specification (status quo)
- For Command Expansion:
- Python
- For Sequence Authoring:
- VSCode extension with custom syntax