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I think the language itself is not the problem but the environment. It takes a lot of effort to setup a working system. What beginners want is a "QuickHaskell"
by progman 11y ago
I think the language itself is not the problem but the environment. It takes a lot of effort to setup a working system.
What beginners want is a "QuickHaskell" -- an out-of-the-box working Haskell environment with all batteries included -- in the sense of QuickLisp, for all platforms (not only OSX). I know FP Complete but this is a web service. It would be nice to have an instantly working environment for offline programming.
Why did the Haskell community not promote EclipseFP? It is (was?) such an awesome beginner's IDE. The maintainer has quit due to lack of support.
http://jpmoresmau.blogspot.de/2015/05/eclipsefp-end-of-life-from-me-at-least.html http://jpmoresmau.blogspot.de/2015/05/eclipsefp-end-of-life-...
- fractalsea 11y agoHave you tried the FP Haskell Center IDE[1]? It's completely web based, and should make it very easy to set up projects, bring in stable libraries and do builds. I would imagine this would be very useful for beginners. There's more information in the linked Communities Report. [1] https://www.fpcomplete.com/business/haskell-center/overview/ https://www.fpcomplete.com/business/haskell-center/overview/