Workbench

A cross-platform desktop IDE for santa-lang, designed to write and test Advent of Code solutions.

Overview

The Workbench provides a controlled environment for developing AoC solutions, with the ability to download, manage, and compare different backend implementations (reindeer) of santa-lang.

Built with Tauri 2.0 and React, featuring a Monaco editor with syntax highlighting, real-time execution output, and performance comparisons across implementations.

Workbench Editor — Running a solution with real-time output

Installation

Homebrew (macOS)

brew install eddmann/tap/santa-lang-workbench

Release Binaries

Platform	Download
macOS (ARM)	`santa-workbench-0.1.2-macos-arm64.dmg`
macOS (Intel)	`santa-workbench-0.1.2-macos-amd64.dmg`
Linux (x64)	`santa-workbench-0.1.2-linux-amd64.deb`
Linux (x64)	`santa-workbench-0.1.2-linux-amd64.AppImage`

Features

Run Solutions

Execute santa-lang code with real-time streaming output showing progress as each part runs.

Run Tests

Define test cases with expected values and run them to validate your solutions.

Running Tests — Running tests with expected values

Multiple Reindeer

Download and manage multiple backend implementations from within the app. Switch between them to test your solutions against different interpreters and compilers.

Reindeer Management — Managing installed reindeer versions

AoC Integration

Auto-detects read("aoc://YEAR/DAY") patterns in your code and fetches puzzle descriptions and inputs using your session token.

Puzzle Integration — Integrated Advent of Code puzzle descriptions

Comparative Testing

Run the same code on multiple reindeer simultaneously, comparing execution times side-by-side with performance charts.

Performance Comparison — Comparing performance across different reindeer

Code Formatting

Built-in formatting via Tinsel, accessible through the toolbar or keyboard shortcut.

Editor

Monaco editor with syntax highlighting, multiple tabs, and dark themes.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
`Cmd + Enter`	Run solution
`Cmd + Shift + Enter`	Run tests
`Cmd + S`	Save file
`Cmd + Shift + F`	Format code

Reindeer Support

The Workbench can download and manage the following implementations:

Codename	Type	Description
Comet	Rust	Tree-walking interpreter
Blitzen	Rust	Bytecode VM
Dasher	Rust	LLVM native compiler
Donner	Kotlin	JVM bytecode compiler
Prancer	TypeScript	Tree-walking interpreter