This is the source code for the Assembler and Simulator for the P4 educational CPU.

You can see the online version here: https://dinismadeira.github.io/p4/

• Open the index.html file on a web browser.

• Install NW.js.
• Put the source code inside a package.nw folder.
• Run the nw executable.

• Put the source code in a directory served by your HTTP server.
• Open the URL for your HTTP server on a web browser.

There's a Minified Web Version Creation Tool in Node.js that allows you to create a minified web version that will load faster.

In order to create a minified version run node web.js. A web folder containing the minified version will be created.

You can create a .p4z zip file with the program and data memory initialization files for P4 from assembly source files using the Command Line Assembler for P4 in Node.js.

• Install packages: npm install
• Assemble: node p4as.js INPUT_FILE.as

Where INPUT_FILE.as is the name of the P4 assembly source file.

You can set a custom output file by appending the option: -o OUTPUT_FILE where OUTPUT_FILE is the output file.

To show references append the option --show-refs.

You can create NW.js executables for several operating systems using the nwjs-builder-phoenix Node.js module.

• Install packages: npm install
• Create executables: ./node_modules/.bin/build --tasks win-x64,mac-x64,linux-x64,linux-x86,win-x86.