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NPL or Neural Parallel Language is an open source, high-performance, scripting language. Its syntax is 100%-compatible with lua. NPL runtime provides essential functionality for building 3D/2D/Server applications that runs on windows/linux/android/iOS. It is similar to java, but is more flexible in nature.

Table of Content

• What is NPL?
• Install Guide
• Projects written in NPL
• Getting Started
• Tutorial: HelloWorld
• Source Code Overview
• NPL Code Wiki
• Basic Concepts
• bootstrapper: program entry point
• Activation file
• MultiThreading
• object oriented programming
• common library
• C/C++ NPL Runtime API
• Core API
• Attribute System
• AssetManifest
• PKG file loading
• ParaObject
• ParaUIObject
• System Libraries

• Timer
• Serialization: XML, json, etc
• Database
• HTTP: calling rest API, etc.
• Networking: TCP connection.

• User Interface

• Drawing API
• System.Window: window GUI framework
• NPL/MCML: similar to javascript/html

• 3D Programming
• ParaX File Format
• 3D Scene
• Mini Scenegraph
• Terrain Engine
• Block Engine
• Web Server
• Web Server Setup
• NPL Server Page
• Resources
• NPL Reference: auto-generated from source code
• ParaEngine Book: a book written by me, in 2005.
• References: external links for learning NPL