🦊 VSCode Extension for Devalang

Devalang is a compact domain-specific language (DSL) for music makers, sound designers, and creative coders. Compose loops, control samples, synthesize audio, and render your ideas — all in clean, readable text.

Whether you're prototyping a beat, building generative music, or performing live, Devalang gives you rhythmic precision with the elegance of code.

From studio sketches to live sets, Devalang puts musical ideas into motion.

📚 Quick Access

• ▶️ Playground — Try Devalang in your browser
• 📖 Documentation — Complete language reference
• 🌐 Website — Project homepage
• 📦 npm Package
• 📦 Rust Crate

🛠️ Overview

🎶 Devalang is a domain-specific language tailored for music composition and sound design.
This Visual Studio Code extension brings it to life directly in your editor — for a smooth, expressive, and efficient creative workflow.

🚀 For full functionality, make sure to install Devalang alongside this extension.

✨ What you get:

• 🌈 Syntax Highlighting – Complete color support for all Devalang features
• 🛠️ Hover Tooltips – Get instant documentation when hovering over keywords
• 🛑 Real-time Error Checking – Get instant feedback on mistakes or invalid syntax before you even hit play.
• 🧹 Code Formatting – Keep your .deva files clean, structured, and consistent with built-in Prettier support.

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🎧 Whether you're building rhythmic patterns or sculpting complex audio structures, this extension helps keep your code as polished as your sound.

📆 Installation

For users

1. Install the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

or use :

code --install-extension devaloop.devalang-vscode

2. Open a Devalang file (with the .deva extension) in VSCode.
3. Start coding !

For contributors

1. Clone the repository.
2. Install dependencies using npm install.
3. Compile the extension using npm run compile.
4. Launch the extension in a new VSCode window using npm run watch.

🛠️ Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Visual Studio Code
• TypeScript
• Devalang CLI installed globally (for testing)

License

MIT — see LICENSE

Contributing

Contributions, bug reports and suggestions are welcome !
Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Support

If you have any questions or need help, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.