Description
Visula is a general-purpose visual programming language (VPL) based on object-orientation. Visula programs are diagrams that are edited in a graphical editor. Programmers don't write software - they draw it!
Ackermann's function in Visula
Visula is free and open-source.
Quick links
- A gallery of some Visula programs
- A picture of the IDE
- A screen-cam demo of the editor
- Overview of the visual language
- Overview of the textual language
- Download the latest version (Windows installer, source code)
26th August 2006 - A conference paper on Visula at VL/HCC 2006 has been put on-line. Also the FAQ has been updated to address some of the review comments.
6th January 2006 - Version 1.0a released. This release contains a textual language, makes Visula open source, and has a cross-platform compiler.
15th July 2004 - Version 0.9 released. This is an alpha release, and the first release for public consumption.
Environment:
- An integrated development environment
- A visual debugger so you can step through the program and explore the entire program state
- Auto-generation of HTML documentation from your code
Notation:
- A clean and simple notation
- Scales well to large programs
- A clear program structure
- Hierarchical navigation allows you to fold objects
- Usage patterns of local variables is clearer
- Shows control flow and data flow on different axes
- A variety of notations including flowed text
Language:
- A full strength programming language for software development
- A pure object-oriented language
- Nested classes and functions
- Multiple inheritance
- Private and public members
- Dynamic typing
- Program safety
- Garbage collection
- Signals and slots
- Multi-methods
- Hierarchical organisation of libraries
- Standard containers
Compiler:
- Programs are interpreted or compiled
- Generates portable C code
- A comprehensive C interface
- The interpreter runs C code from DLLs
- Visula in a nutshell - a quick overview of the language (start here)
- Gallery - some common algorithms implemented in Visula
- Frequently asked questions
- Visula as a textual language
- Manual (PDF 900KB)
Unfortunately, Visula's IDE only runs on Win32. However it will run on Linux using Wine. As of version 1.0, the source code is available, and the compiler is cross-platform.
- Current Version - Visula 1.0.1
- Current version - Visula 1.0a
- Older version - Visula 0.9 for Win32 (Windows installer 1.2MB)
- http://calumgrant.net - for feedback, bugs, questions and general chatter
Other stuff
- Visual programming links
- Calum Grant - about the author