Praia
Syntax highlighting and editor support for the Praia programming language in VS Code.
What is Praia?
Praia is a small, modern scripting language for everyday tasks — servers, scripts, automation. It has a clean syntax, async/await, a useful standard library out of the box (HTTP, JSON, SQLite, crypto, regex), and a single-binary install. See praia.sh for the language guide.
use "router"
use "middleware"
let app = router.create()
app.use(middleware.jsonBody())
@app.get("/users/:id")
func getUser(req, params) {
let user = db.findOne("users", {id: params.id})
if (user == nil) { return http.json({error: "not found"}, 404) }
return http.json(user)
}
app.listen(8080)
Features
- Syntax highlighting for
.praia files
- String interpolation:
"Hello, %{name}!"
- Triple-quoted multiline strings:
"""..."""
- Nested block comments:
/* outer /* inner */ outer */
- Shebang detection (
#!/usr/bin/env praia)
- Bracket matching, auto-closing pairs, smart indent
- Region folding via
// region / // endregion
- Stdlib-aware: highlights for namespaces (
sys, http, json, time, …) and concurrency primitives (Lock, Channel, SharedMap, CancellationToken)
Recommended settings
Add to your settings.json for the best editing experience:
{
"[praia]": {
"editor.tabSize": 4,
"editor.insertSpaces": true,
"editor.detectIndentation": false
}
}
Links
License
MIT
