Anvil feature summary

Procedural

Modules, namespaces and functions

Functional

Functions, nested functions, functions closures, enumerations, and generators.

Object oriented

Classes, nested classes, and method delegates.

Rich expressions

Runtime typing, regular expressions, hashtable and lists together, multi-assignments, lazy expressions, comprehensions, ...

Web oriented

<Tagged> template language and tag libraries.

Web services

Customizable server environment. Includes HTTP listener and database connection pooling.

Deployable

Run standlone or sa super-servlet

Batteries included

Libraries included.

Even more batteries

Generic support for any Java class and library

anvildoc

Supports automatic Java-style documentation generator.

Robust

Static binding with direct Java bytecode compilation. "Just-in-time compiler" for eliminating Java reflection.

Developer friendly

Familiar syntax, automatic compilation, verbose error messages, pretty printing, assertion facility, configuration console, multi-pass compiler...

Protected

Deliver your application to customer as .class files in a single .jar.

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