Kookaburra

Cross-platform, Object-oriented Programming language.

Description

Kookaburra is a simple programming language. With Kookaburra you can choose between the powerful CLI, or start coding with its intuitive syntax. The syntax is simple and efficient. Create apps/games and more that are fine-tuned to perfection. Kookaburra is completely free to use, with local files and no data/telemetry collection. Our aim is to power creativity and inspire young developers. That's why we care about privacy and safety. We love hearing feedback to improve Kookaburra.

Remember, KookaburraShell is still in Pre-Release. Features may vary in the final release.

📣 Announcements

Publishing Kookaburra into an exe file - Blog

Improving Kookaburra's performance - Blog

Kookaburra is on the Windows Store! - Link

➡ Next release

6.9.X LTR

💿 Installation

For Windows:

• Using Microsoft Store.
• Github Releases:
• Head over to the 'Releases'
• Open the 'Assets' drop-down from the desired version of kookaburra (If you can't decide, we recommend you to pick the latest version)
• Download the KookaburraShell_x_xxx.exe file.
• Open Kookaburra by double clicking the icon of the executable.

Youtube Tutorial

For Linux

Use this command to download it with wget

wget  https://github.com/AZProductions/Kookaburra/releases/download/0.6.8/KookaburraShell_linux_0.6.8

Or by using curl

curl https://github.com/AZProductions/Kookaburra/releases/download/0.6.8/KookaburraShell_linux_0.6.8

And run it by typing

./KookaburraShell

Run Kookaburra and open a .kookaburra file with

./KookaburraShell /filelocation/example.kookaburra

Youtube Tutorial

⏱ Get started

In kookaburra you can choose between using the terminal and scripting with '.kookaburra' files.
In this guide we wil only cover the topic of programming you own applications.

1. Create a file with a ".kookaburra" extension. Example "helloworld.kookaburra".

1. Open the file with a code/text editor, and start coding!

1. Slect "Open with" and select kookaburrashell.exe in file explorer.

1. Double click the file and Kookaburra wil open up.

Watch the full tutorial here.

👩‍💻 Syntax

Availible on the website.

📒 CLI Commands

📐 Examples

File writer

# 'app.debug-off' - remove debug text.
import FileIO
print @"Location:"
string location = app.read()
print "-------------"
print @"value:"
string value = app.readline()
new filewriter(location, value)
print @"finished, value = "
print @value
print @"."
app.read() 

All Colors in Kookaburra

app.debug-off
print "- Colors in Kookaburra - "
app.color = blue
print "Blue"
app.color = red
print "Red"
app.color = green
print "Green"
app.color = yellow
print "Yellow"
app.color = white
print "white"
app.read()

Security

When downloading Kookaburra

We at AZ Software take security very seriously, that's why on every release page we always show the checksum. You can use online tools to check if the SHA-256 match up.

Opening user-created .kookaburra or .kbproject files

We recommend you to scan the donwnloaded file with an Antivirus before opening or executing the file.
You can also open the file in a code/text editor and read exactly what the file does.

AZ Software is not responsible for any harm to your device(s).