Roadmap

🎯 Mission

Build a fully featured Spanish programming language for general-purpose development, not just for teaching.

🚀 Short-term vision

Turn Quetzal Language into a tool capable of running on a server to handle requests and execute code in real time, making it easier to develop web applications and backend services.

🌱 Motivation

Programming has no borders, but it can have roots. Quetzal aims to provide the Spanish-speaking community with a modern, safe, efficient language written entirely in Spanish, allowing developers to create applications more intuitively and naturally. It also makes it easier to teach programming concepts to those whose native language is Spanish.

🏭 Quetzal is production-ready

Do not think of Quetzal as just a language to learn programming. It is a powerful tool that experienced developers can use to build robust and efficient applications. Currently at version 0.0.1, Quetzal already includes a working interpreter and a Visual Studio Code extension that enhances the development experience.

🗺️ Where is Quetzal today?

v0.0.1 (Current) ✅

• Basic interpreter in Rust
• Core data types
• User-defined functions
• Control flow (si/sino, loops)
• Native JSON support
• Strong type system
• VS Code extension

v0.0.2 (Coming soon)

• Module system (importar/exportar)
• Exception handling (intentar/atrapar/finalmente)
• Multiple inheritance
• Full asynchronous functions
• Advanced operators
• Interactive REPL

v0.1.0 (Future)

• Standard libraries
• Package management
• Integrated debugger
• Easy server-side application development such as REST APIs
• Database connectivity
• Developer tooling

v0.2.0 (Long-term future)

• Floem support to build desktop and mobile applications (under evaluation)
• Support for building web applications with Quetzal
• Advanced graphics with Quetzal