Bowie Language Support for VS Code

VS Code extension for the Bowie programming language (.bow files).

Features

• Syntax highlighting — full grammar support for Bowie source files
• Autocompletion — built-in functions, keywords, and document-local identifiers
• Hover docs — signature and description for every built-in on hover
• Signature help — parameter hints while typing function calls
• Snippets — common patterns ready to expand
• Strict formatter — deterministic document formatting via VS Code's Format Document, configurable from bowie.json > format

Snippets

Prefix	Description
let	Variable declaration
fn	Named function
afn	Anonymous function
if	If statement
ife	If-else statement
while	While loop
for	For-in loop
server	HTTP server boilerplate
route	HTTP route handler
jres	JSON response hash
je	json_encode
jd	json_decode
pl	println
env	Read env variable w/ default
rf	Read file
wf	Write file
hash	Hash map literal
arr	Array literal
assert	Assert expression

Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
bowie.interpreter.path	"bowie"	Path to the Bowie interpreter binary

Installation

1. Clone the extension repository

git clone https://github.com/bowie-lang/vscode-extension
cd vscode-extension

2. Copy the extension to the VS Code extensions directory

cp -r vscode-extension ~/.vscode/extensions/bowie-lang.bowie-1.0.0

Requirements

Install the Bowie interpreter and ensure it is on your PATH (or set bowie.interpreter.path).