Transpiling to JavaScript

Bosscript can be used for Web development, through transpiling to JavaScript. To do so, use the command bosscript file.boss destination.js, where file.boss gets transpiled to destination.js. There are some differences that you need to be aware of when targeting JavaScript:

1. Most Bosscript libraries don’t support transpilation. Those that do don’t need to be imported manually. They are automatically loaded
2. No type checking is done. You will only get syntax errors
3. You can embed JavaScript code using backticks
4. You can import JavaScript modules using the standard paket syntax

Standard library support

As mentioned, most Bosscript standard library packages do not support transpilation. As of Bosscript v1.0, the following standard library functions and properties support transpilation:

As previously mentioned, you don’t have to manually import any of these functions or members. They are automatically loaded and known by the transpiler.

Embedded JavaScript code

You can embed JavaScript code directly in your Bosscript file using backticks. The transpiler will simply leave any JavaScript snippet as-is. Below is a simple example:

za svako(x od 1 do 10){
    `console.log(Math.random())`;
}

`const x = await fetch("https://bosscript.org/api/docs")`;

You can even combine both languages in one expression. For example:

konst x = `callingSomeJSFunction()`;

za svako(x od `getStartFromJS()` do 10){
    ispis(`Math.exp(x)`);
}