Terminal TAST

TAST is a tree JSON-based language that allows to translate server responses into terminal output.

Note: Writing complex Terminal screen output using a JSON format can be a tedious task. For this reason, we created JSX TAST as an alternative way to build terminal screen output in a more "React" way by using JSX. We highly encourage using JSX TAST to build terminal screen output.

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The following scripts generate a "Hello/Hola david." terminal output. The "david" text has a red background.

tast.json

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[
  "> ",
  { "type": "Bind", "property": "wave" },
  " ",
  {
    "type": "Inline",
    "inlineType": "highlighted",
    "children": [{ "type": "Bind", "property": "name" }]
  },
  "."
]

vm.json

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{
  "name": "david"
}

propertyBinders.js

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export default {
  '$.wave': () => (Math.random() < 0.5 ? 'Hello' : 'Hola'),
};

inlineTypes.json

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{
  "highlighted": {
    "style": {
      "background": "red"
    }
  }
}

package.json

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{
  "name": "example",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "orion": {
    "dispatchersHelper": {
      "actionCreators": {
        "consumes": {
          "@orion/terminals": [
            "createTerminal",
            "spliceTerminalTAST",
            "setTerminalsInlineTypes"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Sections

Sections	Description
Basic	Firsts steps using TAST
PAD	PAD object and how it works
Inline	Inline object and its actions
Styles	Styling TAST objects
Actions	How to dispatch actions in a TAST object
Inline Types	Available types for inline objects
Scopes and Refs	Group and reference TAST objects
Visibility	How to manage the visibility of TAST
Binding Data	How to bind data to TAST
Binding Objects	How to bind bind a data object to TAST
Property Binders	Properties to bind parts of an object
JSX TAST	How to create a TAST object in a React
Cheat Sheets	Shortcuts to valuable info