h1. An Interactive Javascript Console(ijc) running in web browsers

to make it simple, just treat it as an irb for javascript, performing read-eval-print loop forever, but only runs in your browser

h3. license

BSD-like, you can freely use and distribute this piece of code commercially or non-commercially, given the COPYRIGHT is kept.

h3. install

suppose $proj is the directory to store ijc @cd $proj@ @git clone git://github.com/myjpa/ijc.git@ use your browser to open $proj/ijc/ijc.html

h3. features:

h4. TODO

• evaluate javascripts in an iframe sandbox
• more debugging functions, like benchmark function, log function....

h4. implemented

• the return value of your code will be inspected in the output window(the top textarea).
• support command history.
• utility functions to print string onto output window(see instructions for details).
• readline style auto-completion.
• load and debug other javascript library.

h4. unimplemented

h3. instruction:

• enter javascript code snippets in the bottom text box, and hit 'return' to evaluate the result
• use up arrow key and down arrow key to browse history.
• utility functions: ijc.puts(obj) : println an obj in output window ijc.print(obj) : print an obj in output window ijc.inspect(obj) : return an inspection of the object as a string. ijc.mixin() : mixin the utility functions above into global namespect. ijc.unmixin() : revoke the mixin. ijc.loadjs(url_to_javascript) : dynamically load & evaluate javascript file. ijc.loadcss(url_to_css) : dynamically load & evaluate stylesheet file. ijc.callstack() : returns an array of all functions in callstack.

h3. known issues: