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Since a lot of people are coming to OCaml for the first time through ReasonML, maybe this gotcha might be helpful: I was having a really hard time doing `npm i

Since a lot of people are coming to OCaml for the first time through ReasonML, maybe this gotcha might be helpful: I was having a really hard time doing `npm install -g bs-platform`. I kept getting "linking" errors that I didn't understand, since I'm new to Ocaml. It turned out that I needed to get rid of my ~/.opam directory. I did `mv ~/.opam .opambk`, then `npm install -g bs-platform` suddenly worked! Sweet! Looking forward to playing with ReasonML/OCaml!

jordwalke 9y ago
Thanks for the tip. Also, we are working on making it easier to isolate opam packages and npm packages side by side in one development environment so that problems like this are avoided. This allows you to build a project that depends on opam packages for build time tooling inside your JS projects. That project is called esy, and it’s a young addition to the ecosystem but something I’ve been using to greatly increase my own productivity for a while now. It will not make BuckleScript compile opam packages (that is not BuckleScript’s goal) but it will at least make the two ecosystems coexist simultaneously.
- macawfish 9y ago
  That's so important. Tooling can make or break a platform for me. I've tried Haskell like 5 times and just never felt motivated enough to make it past the various little issues that kept popping up. So far OCaml seems like a bit of a smoother experience.