WebRust 1.1.0 — Python-like Rust for the Browser Terminal

WebRust brings Python-style ergonomics to Rust, with a zero-setup web UI: styled printing, validated inputs, rich text (with LaTeX), tables/charts, and now canvas-powered turtle graphics. It’s great for teaching, demos, dashboards, and quick interactive tools—without giving up Rust’s type safety.

✨ Highlights

One macro to start: #[gui(...)] spins up the UI automatically.
Fluent styled printing: print("...").color("crimson").radius(8).at(x, y).
Shared coordinate system: coord("css" | "cartesian") applies to text and turtle.
Absolute placement with .at(x, y) and screen helpers CW / CH.
Inline styling @(bold, color:navy) and LaTeX $( ... ).
Inputs with validation shown inline in the terminal.
Tables & charts (ECharts) for quick dashboards.
Turtle graphics: multiple turtles, animation, penup/pendown, CSS colors.

📦 Install

# Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
webrust = "1.1.0"

🚀 Quick Start

use webrust::prelude::*;

#[gui(bg="navy", fg="white", font="Courier New", color="black", size="12px")]
fn main() {
    println("@(cyan, bold)Hello WebRust!");

    // Ask for input with type safety
    let name: String = input("Your name:");
    println("Welcome, @(yellow,bold){name}");

    // Switch coordinate mode globally (affects text & turtle)
    coord("cartesian");

    // Absolute placement in the terminal
    print("@(white)Centered badge")
        .background("indigo")
        .radius(6)
        .at(0.0, 0.0); // (x,y) in current coordinate mode

    // A quick LaTeX inline example
    println("Einstein: $(E = mc^2)");
}

Run:

cargo run

🧭 Coordinates & Layout

coord("css") (default): origin top-left, +x→right, +y→down.
In this mode, .at(x, y) supports right anchoring: if x is negative, it means “from the right” (e.g. .at(-20.0, 8.0) → 20px from right edge).
coord("cartesian"): origin center, +x→right, +y→up.

Screen helpers:

CW, CH — layout width/height used by the terminal (exported as LazyLock<u32>).

Example:

coord("cartesian");

// top-center banner
println("@(white,bold)DASHBOARD")
    .background("midnightblue")
    .radius(8)
    .at(0.0, (*CH as f64)/2.0 - 30.0);

// two columns
println("Left").width(*CW / 2).align("left");
println("Right").width(*CW / 2).align("right");

🖍️ Styled Printing

Chain CSS-like styles:

println("@(green, bold)Success")
    .weight(3)
    .style("double")   // solid | dashed | dotted | double
    .radius(8)
    .color("seagreen") // border color
    .background("honeydew")
    .align("center")   // left | center | right | justify
    .at(0.0, -120.0);  // absolute placement

Inline text syntax:

Colors & decorations: @(red, bold, italic, underline, strike)
Custom CSS style tokens: @(color:crimson, background:mintcream)
LaTeX: $(x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}) (auto inline/display)

⌨️ Inputs

let age: i32 = input("Your age:");
let price: f64 = input("Unit price:");
let ready: bool = input("Ready? (true/false):");
println("Ok, {age} {price} {ready}");

Inputs render inline in the terminal; values are validated and echoed.

📊 Tables & Charts (Optional)

Build simple tables and ECharts-powered charts from your data structures.
(If you’ve used earlier versions, your existing code continues to work.)

🐢 Turtle Graphics (NEW)

Draw animated scenes on a canvas inside the terminal. Multiple turtles can move independently. The turtle system respects the global coord("css" | "cartesian").

Example: mixed text + drawing

use std::f64::consts::PI;
use webrust::prelude::*;

#[gui(bg="navy", fg="white", font="Courier New", size="10px")]
fn main() {
    coord("cartesian");

    let sun = turtle();
    sun.setColor("gold").setPenSize(2.0).setPos(0.0, 0.0).circle(60.0);

    for k in 0..24 {
        let ang = k as f64 * 15.0;
        sun.angle(ang).setPos(0.0, 0.0).penup().forward(45.0).pendown().forward(60.0);
    }

    print("@(black,bold)Sun with rays")
        .background("gold")
        .radius(6)
        .at(0.0, -100.0);
}

Turtle API (overview)

setColor(name: &str) — any CSS color name or hex.
setPenSize(px: f64)
speed(px_per_s: f64) — affects forward animation speed.
angle(deg: f64) — absolute heading (0° = east, CCW positive).
setPos(x, y) — jump without drawing.
forward(d) — move with drawing if pen is down.
line(x1, y1, x2, y2) — immediate segment.
point() — filled point at current position.
circle(r) — outline circle centered at current position.
penup() / pendown() — toggle drawing while moving.

🧪 Example: Playground

#[gui(bg="navy", fg="white", font="Courier New", size="10px")]
fn main() {
    coord("cartesian");

    let spiral = turtle();
    spiral.setColor("plum").setPenSize(2.0);
    let k = 3.5;
    let mut prev = None;
    for th in 0.0.to(10.0*PI).by(0.15) {
        let r = k*th;
        let x = -(*CW as f64)/2.0 + 100.0 + r*th.cos();
        let y =  (*CH as f64)/2.0 -  90.0 + r*th.sin();
        if let Some((x0,y0)) = prev { spiral.line(x0,y0,x,y); }
        prev = Some((x,y));
    }

    print("@(white,italic)Archimedean spiral")
        .background("indigo")
        .radius(6)
        .at(-(*CW as f64)/2.0 + 70.0,  (*CH as f64)/2.0 - 180.0);
}

🧩 Version 1.1.0 — What’s New

Unified coordinate system: coord("css" | "cartesian") affects both text and turtle.
.at(x, y) everywhere: one method for absolute placement; in CSS mode, negative x = from right edge.
Turtle graphics module:
- Multi-turtle support with independent queues.
- New penup() / pendown() for gapless rays, dotted paths, etc.
- CSS color names and hex strings for setColor(...).
CW/CH integration across I/O and graphics for consistent sizing.
Internal performance & robustness improvements.

🖥️ Platform Notes

On Windows, CW / CH default to half the primary screen size (PowerShell detection, with a fallback to 800×600).
Runs in the browser automatically; assets live under webrust/static/ (e.g., style.css, script.js).

📚 Examples

cargo run --example turtle
cargo run --example py_simpleio

📜 License

MIT. See LICENSE for details.

🧭 Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome! If you’re adding features, keep the API Python-friendly, chainable, and consistent with the shared coordinate model.

webrust 1.1.0