gitit [1] is happstack based and is very impressive -- you may want to read its code to see how you can build web applications using happstack (not *on*, for gitit).
[1] http://gitit.net/ > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Ozgun Ataman <ozata...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings all. >> >> I have been for quite some time trying to assess the feasibility of using >> Haskell in relatively large, high volume, high availability, long-running >> web application projects. I have enjoyed learning and using Haskell very >> much for the past year and I often find myself missing various language >> features when reasoning about alternatives like Ruby (on Rails). If I can >> identify the right set of tools for the job, I would really like to take the >> plunge and make Haskell my standard go-to language in web applications. >> >> Here are the couple of key questions that I wanted get your feedback on: >> >> >> 1. Do you consider Haskell and its environment of libraries ready for >> prime time in web app development as defined above? >> 2. What collection of libraries would you use in such an effort? >> 3. What are the up and coming packages/technologies in Haskell-land >> you would watch out for? >> >> >> Also, here are some core requirements that I would define for such a >> project: >> >> >> - Ease/speed of development in both back and front-ends, minimal >> boilerplate >> - Extendability and flexibility in iterative development >> - Robustness and reliability in production environment >> - High performance >> - Scalability >> - Ability to interface with new technologies in the future: Cassandra, >> Redis, memcached, etc. >> - Ease of implementing common/reusable features across web >> applications: user authentication, S3 file uploads, thumbnail/image >> handling, exception notifications, etc. >> >> >> In terms of libraries, I can think of a few key components (as pointed out >> by several others before) that one would need to arrange: >> >> >> - Choice of server (happstack vs. alternatives) >> - Templating (xhtml vs. file templates vs. newer efforts like >> BlazeHtml) >> - Data/storage layer: HDBC vs. HaskellDB vs. others >> >> >> I know this is a common topic in Haskell-Cafe, but I have failed to >> identify conclusive opinions from experienced Haskellers out there in >> previous discussions. My apologies in advance if this is a blatantly >> redundant post. >> >> All the best, >> Ozgun >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Alp Mestanogullari http://alpmestan.wordpress.com/ http://alp.developpez.com/
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