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I've got a side project webapp I'd like to use to learn some Haskell. What is the most mainstream Rails-like web application framework out there? By Rails-like

I've got a side project webapp I'd like to use to learn some Haskell. What is the most mainstream Rails-like web application framework out there? By Rails-like I mostly mean convention-over-configuration, with a strong ecosystem of plugins so I don't have to re-invent the wheel for auth, file uploads, etc. So far I've seen: - Yesod - Snap - Happstack - Scotty - Spock Right now I'm learning Yesod, but I don't feel confident that's really what I want. Which of these are closest to Rails? Which are closest to Sinatra?

creichert 12y ago
Yesod would be the closest to Rails. Scotty would be closer to Sinatra and Flask. Spock is similar to Scotty but comes with a few more built-in features like type-safe routing, sessions, etc. I recommend Yesod but there are certainly some advanced metaprogramming features (routing, models). Have you checked out the Yesod scaffold site? https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod-scaffold https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod-scaffold
kyllo 12y ago
Yesod is the closest thing to a Haskell version of Ruby on Rails. Scotty and Spock are both Sinatra-like. There's a lot of good info here: https://wiki.haskell.org/Web/Frameworks https://wiki.haskell.org/Web/Frameworks
akurilin 12y ago
Yesod's great. There's a bit of a learning curve, but it comes with a LOT of batteries.