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Anyone willing to help me get set up with something like miso?

Posted on June 9, 2020
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For the last few years I’ve been working (off and on) on a teaching language for FP and discrete math. One of the big goals is to build a browser-based IDE which runs completely client-side, so students can code in their browsers without installing anything, and I don’t have to worry about running a server. Thanks to amazing technology like GHCJS, miso, reflex, etc., this seems like it should be entirely doable.

However, every time I sit down to try building such a thing, I end up getting completely bogged down in details of nix and stack and .cabal files and whatnot, and never even get off the ground. There are usually nice examples of building a new site from scratch, but I can never figure out the right way to incorporate my large amount of existing Haskell code. Should I have one package? Two separate packages for the website and the language implementation? How can I set things up to build either/both a command-line REPL and a web IDE?

I’m wondering if there is someone experienced with GHCJS and miso who would be willing to help me get things set up. (I’m also open to being convinced that some other combination of technologies would be better for my use case.) I’m imagining a sort of pair-programming session via videoconference. I am pretty flexible in terms of times so don’t worry about whether your time zone matches mine. And if there’s something I can help you with I’m happy to do an exchange.

If you’re interested and willing, send me an email: byorgey at gmail. Thanks!