Tutorial or Book on implementing a metalanguage in Javascript [closed]

Question

I've been working in Javascript and PHP but I find that the hardest part isn't the implementation but the design of the webapp architecture [as usual . . .] In that direction, I wanted to create a sort of meta-language that takes PHP code as input but outputs JavaScript code thus making the design and implementation phase less painful [s.t. similar to GWT, Google Web Toolkit]. I found writing the this interpreter from scratch [parser, lexer, . . .] a viable option but an long one. Then I came across Processing.js [a library created by John Resig] where the user actually write java-like code that is transformed in Javascript by Processing.js then evaluated. I've searched the web for tutorials that introduces this powerful Javascript capability but didn't find even one! Can anyone PLEASE help me with any link, book title where I can get a least an intorduction? Thanx for your response!!!!

Answer 1

I would say your best deal would be to go with Haxe.

Haxe is a language that is designed to target (be exported) into the following platforms:

1. JavaScript
2. Flash
3. PHP
4. C++

Making it a very powerfull resource when creating web Apps as you can write in Haxe and have all your code ported to JavaScript, Flash, PHP or C++ without hassle.