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Thank you! I definitely agree with you regarding the idiomatic solutions. However, the only defense I can come up with (not that I really want to excuse myself
by friendly_chap 13y ago
Thank you! I definitely agree with you regarding the idiomatic solutions.
However, the only defense I can come up with (not that I really want to excuse myself) is this is part of an effort (Hakit) to make Haskell web development accessible to HS beginners. I was a beginner myself when I started Hakit, a web toolkit, and I was overwhelmed by the seemingly complex Haskell APIs. So I tried to build a complete toolkit while forcing the users learning as few Haskell concepts as possible, without writing exceedingly ugly code.
I will surely try to make this more appealing to Haskell ninjas too though.
- jhartikainen 13y agoInteresting, as a web dev I agree that getting into Haskell can be a bit tricky due to exactly what you said... However, I feel that if you remove the Haskelly parts from Haskell it's no longer really what makes it so great. I think focus should rather be more on writing better guides (many of the existing ones are not very "hands on" so you can't get straight to doing what you want - web development - even though it's doable). However, that being said, I look forward to seeing how this progresses and anything else you may have in store.
- friendly_chap 13y agoAs a beginner I got into Haskell for the basics - generics done right, ADTs, typeclasses, very nice syntax, crazy good list operations etc My reaction to monads & transformers was: "I never asked for this." I got used to them in a couple of weeks but I know multiple people personally who couldn't grasp them in months. I try to provide them with a toolkit to flex their muscles on and be productive with.