{"data":{"markdownRemark":{"html":"<h4 id=\"what-is-lanka\"><a href=\"#what-is-lanka\" aria-hidden class=\"anchor\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" height=\"16\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" width=\"16\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"></path></svg></a>What is Lanka?</h4>\n<p>Lanka is a custom command signature parser and matcher used by Taxon.</p>\n<h4 id=\"motivation\"><a href=\"#motivation\" aria-hidden class=\"anchor\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" height=\"16\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" width=\"16\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"></path></svg></a>Motivation</h4>\n<p>Taxon was using a mix of regular expressions and string matching, making painful the command creation.\nYargs uses an understandable syntax, so I started to search alternatives but nothing really existed fitting my needs.\nBecause I was also working with <a href=\"https://github.com/SAP/chevrotain\">Chevrotain</a>, a powerful parser builder, I created my own command signature parser and now Taxon uses it.</p>","frontmatter":{"title":"Lanka","date":"May 2018","headline":"Command signature parser & matcher","tags":["JavaScript","Node.js"],"links":[{"title":"Repository","url":"https://github.com/seldszar/lanka"}],"medias":null},"fields":{"slug":"/projects/lanka","sourceInstanceName":"projects","cover":null}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/projects/lanka"}}