Mint: A programming language for writing single page applications
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HN comment orderMy first thought: an entirely new language for one domain? But then I started looking at the examples and how styles and an xml-like syntax are given first-class support and it makes sense. It really is a hard problem to shove into an existing language, evidenced but all the transpiling that goes on now. Thanks for sharing!
What I would really like is for JS to have a good macro system so I don't have to subscribe to the two caste hierarchy of language creator and language user. Sweet.js [1] did it for me initially as cspjs[2] had async, await and more years before ... but I never found the time to ramp up to the updated version sadly so I can't comment on its state now. [1] https://www.sweetjs.org/ [2] https://gitHub.com/srikumarks/cspjs
I was expecting this project to be using JS/TS underneath but surprised to find Crystal Lang instead. Wonder what prompted them to use Crystal ... Otherwise, it's so easy to read I love it. I can read it like prose rather than the robotic/mechanical way I have to read JS components right now. Good work!
Is this kind of an Elm replacement?
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 451
- Total comments
- 313
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-26 | Mint-lang: a language for the front-end webFirst breakout | galfarragem | 112 | 106 |
| 2020-02-05 | Mint: A programming language for writing single page applicationsBest thread | Vinnl | 298 | 194 |
| 2023-07-28 | Mint – language created for writing single-page applicationsLatest 20+ point return | Alifatisk | 31 | 11 |
| 2025-01-11 | Mint: The programming language for writing single page applications | thunderbong | 4 | 1 |
| 2025-09-15 | Mint | 8s2ngy | 6 | 1 |