Imba.io

Imba's official website and documentation.

Contributing

Contributions are highly appreciated. The easiest way to contribute to the documentation is by editing /content/docs/undocumented.md.

This includes:

• Polishing any of the undocumented examples or creating your own examples.

• Moving examples from undocumented to a relevant location on the documentation.

• Coming up with proper names for undocumented features with ambiguous names.

For big changes it's best to ask first. You can reach out to us on Discord or create an issue here on Github. We don't bite!

Installation

Fork the repository, then:

git clone https://github.com/your-fork/imba.io
cd imba.io
npm i
npm run dev

Contributing Guide

Adding Documentation

You can find the main documentation in /content/docs/.

See our proprietary markdown syntax guide below.

Adding API Reference Examples

To add your own example, add it to /content/examples/api/.

The API docs are unique in that they are automatically included as examples for any of the language constructs they use.

So, if you add an example that contains @intersect.in, you don't have to do anything special, the build scripts will automatically include your example on the @intersect.in API reference page, and on the pages of any other constructs your example uses.

Editing The Navbar

The navbar is parsed from the markdown in /content/nav.md. Just copy the formatting used for other documents. Your markdown page must start with an h1 such as # Hello.

Markdown Syntax

We've added some proprietary markdown syntax, especially to help with code snippets. The code that parses snippets and related options can be found in src/components/app-code.imba

Options

You can specify options by placing a comment on the first line of an imba snippet. Multiple options can be specified.

```imba
# [preview=md] [windowed] [titlebar] [title=Test]
console.log "code goes here"
```

Available options are:

• App previews

   # [preview=md]
  

  This will show a preview of the app under your snippet. Available preview sizes are sm, md, lg, and xl.

• Console previews

   # [preview=console]
  

  This will show a preview of any values logged by the snippet.

• Style previews

   # [preview=styles]
  

  This will show a preview like the one at the top of the color page.

• Windowed previews

   # [preview=md] [windowed]
  

  This will show your code in a floating window rather than directly under your snippet.

• Hiding parts of a snippet

  You can hide the beginning and end of a snippet with # ---:

   ```imba
   global css body bg:blue2 # This code will be hidden
   # ---
   tag app
   	<self>
   		"lol"
   # ---
   imba.mount <app> # This code will be hidden
   ```
  

  The hidden code will still affect any preview, and will still be included in the code when users click open on a snippet.

• Tabs & Multiple Files

  You can assign a filename to snippets by writing it after the start of a snippet:

   ```imba main.imba
   console.log "lol"
   ```
  

  If you create two named snippets in succession, it will create a snippet with tabs where the files can import from and export to eachother and whatnot.

  If you name a snippet main.imba it automatically shows a medium preview window.

• Snippet From Folder With [demo]

  You can also create a folder and refer to it with:

   [demo](/path/to/folder)
  

  You can supply options in the URL:

   [demo](/examples/simple-clock?&windowed=1&title=Clocks&ar=1)
  

• Tip boxes

   > [tip box yellow]
  

  This will show a yellow tip box, useful for "experimental" warnings and whatnot.

• Misc

  If you have questions about any of these, reach out to us.

   [title=sync( data, xname = 'x', yname = 'y' )]
   [example=ImbaTouch.@moved-x]
   [titlebar]
   [route=/home]
   [dir]
   [footer]
   [url=https://example.com]