Thanks for sharing your code and experience. Very interesting and a good example of how to put the libraries together to build a real app.
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Chris Forno <je...@jekor.com> wrote: > I decided to find out for myself. You can find the results at > http://jekor.com/article/is-haskell-a-good-choice-for-web-applications > > Included is the source code for the web application powering > http://www.vocabulink.com/ > > The source is roughly 2,000 lines of Haskell, along with some SQL and > JavaScript. It's written in literate style and includes a 75-page PDF. > It demonstrates and explains how to: > > * use FastCGI to communicate with a web server (nginx in this case) > * move data to and from a PostgreSQL database (HDBC) > * authenticate users with cookies > * interact with users via asynchronous JavaScript and JSON (AJAJ) > * collect data with HTML forms (formlets) > * communicate with users via email > * cache with memcached > * implement a custom forums system (with threaded comments) > > I make no claims that the code is elegant or idiomatic. It is however > real code that's running "in the wild". And I hope it's useful to anyone > else considering doing web development in Haskell. > > I welcome and encourage your feedback! > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
