HISTORY.md

🕒 History

5th March 2026

Initial commit

• Created the project structure
• Released v1.0.0:
  • All Commands:
    • Terminal:
      • Clear: Clear the terminal
      • Echo(): Echo a message
      • Style(): Change the style of the terminal (colors)
    • Data and Math:
      • Math:
        • Compare: Compare two numbers
        • Eval: Evaluate a mathematical expression (orignally used Python's eval() function)
      • Data:
        • Compare: Compare two strings if they are equal
    • Variables:
      • Set: Set a variable
      • : Get a variable / Set a variable value (=)
    • Program:
      • Main {...} : The main program block
      • Loop(n) {...} : Loop n times
      • ForeverLoop {...} : Loop forever
      • BreakLoop : Break the current loop (useful with ForeverLoop)
      • If(condition) {...} : If condition is true

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8th March 2026

Releasing Guide Files as .md (now removed)

• Used to exist in the project but was removed
• You may check the commit history to see the guide files

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10th March 2026

Switching from PyInstaller to Nuitka

PyInstaller, the standard tool for packaging Python applications was replaced with Nuitka, as it provides better performance as Nuitka uses C.

Python Code Optimization

Python code was optimized to improve performance. Also, experiments were conducted to replace Python's eval() function with a custom parser.

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13th March 2026

Adding New Commands

• Added new commands to the language:
  • Time:
    • Current() : Fetches the current time in the specified format, for example: Time.Current("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS")
    • Wait() : Wait for the specified number of seconds
  • Math:
    • Random(, ) : Generates a random number between min and max.

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14th - 16th March 2026

Readme Updates

• Updated the README.md file to reflect the changes made to the project.
• Fixed errors in README

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27th March 2026

Reorganizing the files

• Reorganized the files to improve the structure of the project.
• Clearly seprated the logos, source code, compiled executables, and other files.
• Got rid of unnecessary files.
• Removed Guide Files.

Setup ICTL Studio Website

• Setup the ICTL Studio website at https://basic-ictl-web-studio.onrender.com/
• Coded the website using Flask, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Code is merged within the code folder, while the code used by Render is seprated into a seprate folder (ICTL-StudioOnline_Release).

28th March 2026

Create HISTORY.md

• Created HISTORY.md to keep track of the changes made to the project.

Create /editor.html

• Created /editor.html to allow users to edit ICTL code in their browser easily (iFrame points to the ICTL Studio website).