Debugging Imba code from the terminal

A few days ago, I was doing some refactoring and making improvements on Formidable (An API Framework for Rapid API Development). In addition to writing tests, I wasn't keen on making a build then installing it in a test project to test and see if my code was still working as expected as I felt it was a bit too much of a pain to do.

This is where I found myself wishing Imba had a REPL that I could use to test my new code changes.

After realizing that there wasn't a REPL for Imba, I decided to create one.

Imba Shell#

Imba Shell is an Interactive debugger and REPL for Imba, inspired by PsySH.

It's built on top of Node.js REPL and has few extra features.

Installation#

To install Imba Shell on your machine, you can use npm or yarn:

$ npm install -g imba-shell # with npm
$ yarn global add imba-shell # with yarn

Usage#

To start using Imba Shell, just use the imba-shell command in your terminal:

Note, you can also use imbas instead of 'imba-shell` to run the REPL.

Features#

• ☑ Code completion.
• ☑ Multiline Editor.
• ☑ Extensible API.
• ☒ Syntax highlighting.
• ☒ Imba Compile Errors.

To find out more about the project, head over to Imba Shell's Github Repo.