Monthly Calendar DSL

This calendar DSL is a Scala program that parses a text file containing event details and outputs a JavaScript file containing an array of events. This is used to generate calendar events that can be used in an external web application.

Description

The program reads an input file (input.txt) that contains lines with the following format:

<MMM> <D/DD> add '<event name>' (optional: <color>) 

For example:

Apr 15 add 'Club Fair' (blue)

The program extracts the date, event name, and color (if present) from each line, and generates a JavaScript file (events.js) with an array of objects representing the events:

const events = [
  { title: 'Club Fair', date: '2023-04-15', color: 'blue' },
  // ...
];

This array is then read into the HTML file and adds the events to the calendar output:

<script src="events.js"></script>

Usage

To use this program, follow these steps:

1. Install Scala and sbt on your machine.
2. Clone this repository to your local machine.

git clone 'https://github.com/hmc-cs111-spring2023/artifact-everettbu.git'

3. Open input.txt and add your event information. Only add one event per line. An example input file is provided in the repository for reference. https://github.com/hmc-cs111-spring2023/artifact-everettbu/blob/main/input.txt
4. Open a terminal window and navigate to the project directory.

cd artifact-everettbu

5. Run the application using the following command:

sbt run

6. Open the HTML file (calendar.html) in your web-browser to view the output calendar.

Output

The application will create a new file called events.js in the project directory. This file contains an array of JavaScript objects representing the events in the input file. Each object has the following properties:

• title: the name of the event
• date: the date of the event in YYYY-MM-DD format
• color: the color of the event (default is black)

Here's an example of what the events.js file would look like based on the example input given in the description:

const events = [
  { title: 'Club Fair', date: '2023-04-15', color: 'blue' },
  // ...
];

The events.js file is then used to populate the web-based calendar application.

Author

This program was written by Everett Butler.