For further details or to send a message, visit our website: http://www.pipelang.com SUMMARY This book introduces a groundbreaking general-purpose visual programming language "Pipe" implementing many novel concepts and unique features. The book contains complete language specification, including graphical notation of all its elements and full API specification for integration with non-visual languages. Pipe language not only disrupts traditional coding, but it also augments AI code generation by providing a visual method of combining AI-generated code components. It can also be used as a common visual language in next generation of low-code platforms. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Today’s software development relies on writing code in text-based languages (C++, C#, Java, Rust, etc.). However, visual programming is a much more user-friendly method of software development as it allows building graphical workflows through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Despite all those advantages, non-visual languages still dominate software industry today. This is because no practical and powerful enough visual language is proposed so far. This book is an attempt to disrupt this status quo by introducing a new visual programming language "Pipe" that has the following features: * General-purpose visual language. * Compact but powerful language. * Complete and detailed language specification. * Practical visual language. * API specification for integration with non-visual languages. * Statically-typed language. * Multiple levels of usage. * Augmentation of AI code generation. * Language for low-code platforms of the next generation. ABOUT THE BOOK The book contains complete formal specification of Pipe language, including visual notation of all language element and full API specification for Pipe integration with non-visual languages. The book also provides background information about the project: language design rationale, future development, specific areas of usage (such as AI code generation and low-code platforms), etc. WHAT'S INSIDE * Introduction. * Language features. * Taxonomy of elements. * Core concepts. * Language elements. * Visual notation. * API for integration with non-visual language. * Rationale of language design. * Future development. * AI and visual programming. * The next generation of low-code platforms. ABOUT THE AUTHOR The author of this book is a software development professional with over 30-years of hands-on experience who has a particular passion for visual approaches in software engineering. However, he observed that the progress in this field over the past decades is disappointing. As a result, he started his own project to develop a new visual programming language. This book is a result of the project.
