Cutting AST Trees

The python tree.Tree utility can parse a JS AST created through acorn.js

In its current form the application reads a tree file and slices into smaller data-cuts.

1. Parse the point.js using the acorn parser
   • through the 'parse' button -> "submit tree".
     • sends the acorn AST to the server as a JSON field form POST
   • The JSON is stored into docs/trees
2. Load the docs/trees/point-js-tree.js through a Tree
3. Parse the file

The first file stored:

docs/trees/point-js-tree.json

Cut into unit assets:

docs/trees/point-js-tree/
    ast.json
    comments.json
    info.json
    result.json

Then cut the tree into individual classes, stored into "class-cuts".

docs/trees/point-js-tree/cut-cache/class-cut/Point/[method].json

Each class in the file point.js has a unique class-cut

docs/trees/point-js-tree/cut-cache/class-cut/Positionable/
docs/trees/point-js-tree/cut-cache/class-cut/Rotation/

The assets within the class-cut is tree information from the main ast.

The verbose files are read into "data-cuts" - a curated version of the same file:

docs/trees/point-js-tree/cut-cache/data-cut/Point/[method].json

The UI reads the data-cut content.

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