Making an Art Compiler

Steps include

• Clone this repo which contains a prototypical art compiler into a renamed repo (e.g. L201).
• Clone the GC repo (https://github.com/artcompiler/graffiticode).
• Populate the postgres database (e.g. 'pgsql < dev/init_data.dump').
• Design a language that allows you to say things that are interesting and beatiful.
• Edit ./pub/lexicon.js to define a vocabulary for that language.
• Edit ./src/compiler.js to translate the ASTs produced from GC into object code that expresses the output of that language.
• Edit ./pub/viewer.js to render that object code in an interesting and beautiful way.
• Start your compiler as a local service (make).
• Start GC as a local server (node app).
• Visit your local GC server (e.g. http://localhost:3000/lang?id=201) and test.
• Repeat until you are have done something interesting.
• Create an Art Compiler project on Heroku for your new language (e.g. l201-artcompiler)
• Push your latest changes.
• Go to the live GC server (e.g. http://graffiticode.com/l201) and play with your language.

Write about it

• Document issues by creating bugs in this repo.
• Edit this readme file to expand on these instructions
• Create a new wiki page to document what you've learned