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dublang history

before the history some words about why dublang was created

motivation

the motivations to create dublang was

to take the advantage of the client-server architecture implemented in most part of the live coding tools to allows servers management indepently from the text editor
- examples: start, stop, restart, and follow server logs in one side, and in the other side the text editor acts just as a client
to do live coding mixing multiple live coding tools and languages in the same source code on the same session
- example: mix in the same file SuperCollider, Tidal Cycles and FoxDot
integrates as many tools as possible, not only live coding languages, but also any tool that could be useful on a live coding session
- example: control OBS Studio or MPV media player in the same live coding session where is the Tidal Cycles, SuperCollider and FoxDot code
propose a structure and a workflow to organize and manage live coding projects for artwork creation and for live performances, when possible using software engineering good practices
- example: use Git to track changes on source code, document all the dependencies, use free software, etc

history

dublang was formely created with the name hrung, the project development started in 10 Dec 2021

in 27 january 2023 it was renamed to dublang and splitted into a multi-repository project

besides the dublang development itself, some other sub-projects were created to integrate tools, examples - puredata-repl - obs-repl - belagpt - lebiniou-repl

the first dublang public release 0.1.1 was made at 21 May 2023 and announced at twitter

dublang 0.2.0 was released on 23 may 2023 with some minor fixes and including a new cli command dublang run

on 7 august 2023 version 0.3.0 was released including new plugins for gource and git

on 20 august 2023 dublang version 0.4.0 was released including new plugins for sm (screen-message) and mpv media player

dublang logo

on 26 august 2023 the dublang logo was created, below we see an animation based on the logo image

the logo was designed by marimoura, below are the schetches

and it was vetorized in svg using inkscape by joenio

dublang 0.5.0 was released on 9th october 2023 including new plugins for nvimqt and alda, new command dublang apps to open applications like OBS and Le Biniou

lua modules architecture refactored

dublang 0.6.0 was released on 04 december 2023

this versions was dedicated to re-design and clean the source code removing code duplication

the lua code was refactored to reflect the architecture below

see the complete dublang architecture document here

besides the refactoring the 0.6.0 version adds a new plugin for foxdot

dublang 0.7.0 released on 02 may 2024 includes - new command-line (cli) command dublang open - user defined custom services and handlers - add lua functions for ascii animation for nvimqt plugin - new plugin sonicpi - user defined hooks function

add pyo plugin

dublang 0.8.0 released on before the ICLC 2025 during the trip on the train at 24th May 2025, including the changes below

add pyo plugin
change mpv to start in fullscreen
change nvimqt plugin to highlight cursor column
add lua functions: often(), sometimes(), rarely() and choose()
change cli to autoenable services when start

dublang paper

a dublang software paper was accepted on ICLC 2025 and will be presented on the panel Specialized Tools and DSLs at Thursday 29th

dublang décor

besides the pyo plugin and the dublang paper there is also a new exploratory idea around the project dublang-decor to implement a set of libraries with optionated customized hooks functions for live-presentations

(to be continued…)

site versions

thanks to the Codeberg Pages it is possible to have access to old dublang website versions

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