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What about html parsing/posting, api creation/consumption, and screen scraping? It's what I've used Haskell for the most and would be happy to make some introdu

What about html parsing/posting, api creation/consumption, and screen scraping? It's what I've used Haskell for the most and would be happy to make some introductory tutorials.

Bootvis 12y ago
I believe those could be very valuable. It's practical and doesn't have to be too complex and touches a number interesting topics.
- codygman 12y ago
  Awesome! When I finish up a tutorial I'll post back here.
- codygman 12y ago
  Please see my comment above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8160595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8160595
djur 12y ago
Yes, please. There's a dearth of this kind of material.
- codygman 12y ago
  Alright, I'll respond to you here again when I've wrote something.
- codygman 12y ago
  I didn't write it, but I came across something that might be of interest to you: http://pbrisbin.com/posts/writing_json_apis_with_yesod/ http://pbrisbin.com/posts/writing_json_apis_with_yesod/
  - Bootvis 12y ago
    Wow, thanks for the follow-up! I will have to check it out later. Thanks again.
arthurjj 12y ago
Being more familiar with screen scraping than has haskell I'm surprised you chose it for that task. What made you choose it?
- codygman 12y ago
  Mostly for the advantages of purity and the trend of Haskell code I writing just being correct the first time. Also, with the help of dom-selector[0] it is very concise. I'm also using wreq[1] recently which has a great intro tutorial and is very concise with the help of lenses[2]. Mind you, I only use the most basic lenses but that has been enough for me so far. I look forward to trying taggy-lens[3] in the future which is a more lens based approach of parsing html. Though it's hard to imagine anything being more concise than the dom-selector approach. To go back to your question again though, Haskell has enabled me to write mostly bug-free code quickly and there was more than enough library support for screen scraping. The biggest problem was trying to pick the tools/libraries to use for my task. 0: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/dom-selector http://hackage.haskell.org/package/dom-selector 1: http://www.serpentine.com/wreq/tutorial.html http://www.serpentine.com/wreq/tutorial.html 2: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lens https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lens 3: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/taggy-lens http://hackage.haskell.org/package/taggy-lens

What about html parsing/posting, api creation/consumption, and screen scraping? It's what I've used Haskell for the most and would be happy to make some introductory tutorials.

Bootvis 12y ago

I believe those could be very valuable. It's practical and doesn't have to be too complex and touches a number interesting topics.

codygman 12y ago
Awesome! When I finish up a tutorial I'll post back here.
codygman 12y ago
Please see my comment above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8160595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8160595

djur 12y ago

Yes, please. There's a dearth of this kind of material.

codygman 12y ago
Alright, I'll respond to you here again when I've wrote something.
codygman 12y ago
I didn't write it, but I came across something that might be of interest to you: http://pbrisbin.com/posts/writing_json_apis_with_yesod/ http://pbrisbin.com/posts/writing_json_apis_with_yesod/
- Bootvis 12y ago
  Wow, thanks for the follow-up! I will have to check it out later. Thanks again.

arthurjj 12y ago

Being more familiar with screen scraping than has haskell I'm surprised you chose it for that task. What made you choose it?

codygman 12y ago
Mostly for the advantages of purity and the trend of Haskell code I writing just being correct the first time. Also, with the help of dom-selector[0] it is very concise. I'm also using wreq[1] recently which has a great intro tutorial and is very concise with the help of lenses[2]. Mind you, I only use the most basic lenses but that has been enough for me so far. I look forward to trying taggy-lens[3] in the future which is a more lens based approach of parsing html. Though it's hard to imagine anything being more concise than the dom-selector approach. To go back to your question again though, Haskell has enabled me to write mostly bug-free code quickly and there was more than enough library support for screen scraping. The biggest problem was trying to pick the tools/libraries to use for my task. 0: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/dom-selector http://hackage.haskell.org/package/dom-selector 1: http://www.serpentine.com/wreq/tutorial.html http://www.serpentine.com/wreq/tutorial.html 2: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lens https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lens 3: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/taggy-lens http://hackage.haskell.org/package/taggy-lens