Strange Loop

October 1-3, 2020

Stifel Theatre

St. Louis, MO

Haste: Full-Stack Haskell for Non-PhD Candidates

Haste is a Haskell to Javascript compiler that enables programmers to build type safe web applications.

This talk provides a tour of Haste including:

Functional reactive programming
DOM manipulation
Integration with native Javascript libraries
Built in RPC system that ensures type safety between the client and server
Routing
Interaction with LocalStorage
Debugging tips
Testing

Although the examples are in Haskell, no prior Haskell knowledge is assumed, and some basics of the syntax will be included.

Erin Swenson-Healey

@lasericus

After a stint in Honduras teaching web development with the Peace Corps, Erin landed in Santa Monica where he now writes (words) and codes (programs) for Carbon Five. He loves Seattle, arguing with software developers, and soccer (among other things).

James Cooper

@coopernurse

coopernurse

James is currently a software engineer for Staff (http://staff.is/). He is the author of several open source projects including gorp (ORM for Go) and Barrister RPC (JSON-RPC implementation with schema validation). He enjoys beer, programming languages, soccer, and good espresso. He lives in Seattle with his lovely girlfriend and two cats.