A scripting language built for the web.

// One line — arrow function
route("GET", "/", fn($req) => response::json(["hello" => "world"]))

// Submit a form — POST body
route("POST", "/signup", function($req) {
    $body = request::json()
    if (!validator::email($body["email"])) {
        return response::error(400, "invalid email")
    }
    db::exec(app::db(), "INSERT INTO users(email) VALUES(?)", [$body["email"]])
    return response::json(["ok" => true], 201)
})

// Real-time chat — 5 lines
route("WS", "/chat", function($conn) {
    ws::on($conn, "message", function($m) {
        ws::broadcast($m)          // send to everyone
    })
})

// Live event stream (SSE)
route("SSE", "/prices", function($conn) {
    sse::send($conn, json::encode($tick))
})

// page.html: {#each products as p}<li>{$p.name}</li>{/each}
$html = template::render("page.html", [
    "title"    => "Products",
    "products" => db::query(app::db(), "SELECT * FROM products", [])
])
return response::html($html)

// Don't make the request wait — enqueue, return instantly
jobs::push("mail", ["to" => $email, "subject" => "Welcome"])
return response::json(["ok" => true])

// Separate worker — durable (SQLite), survives a restart
jobs::worker("mail", function($job) {
    mail::send($job["to"], $job["subject"], $body)
})
jobs::run()

// 3 queries AT ONCE — time = the slowest query
$result = channel(3)
parallel(function() use ($result, $db) {
    $n = db::query($db, "SELECT count(*) n FROM companies", [])
    send($result, $n[0]["n"])
})
parallel(function() use ($result, $db) {
    $n = db::query($db, "SELECT count(*) n FROM orders", [])
    send($result, $n[0]["n"])
})
$companies = receive($result)
$orders    = receive($result)