caseyh@istar.ca wrote:
Is it possible to "easily" connect Haskell to JavaScript/JavaFX in the browser and use a browser as a Windows GUI? :) ... I meant call Haskell functions from a browser; so the browser handles the GUI widgets and Haskell handles the processing. :)
It's pretty easy to get the basics going. There are a bunch of options. Start here: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Web For what you're asking about, I'd suggest looking at the following options from that page. All of these options involve linking a web server library into your Haskell app, so it's self-contained and all you need is a browser to talk to it: #6: Snap + custom code: Snap is simple to get started with, and is good if you know exactly what HTML/Javascript you need to generate and don't mind doing it more or less manually. If you're looking for richer library support for developing HTML UIs, consider the next option. #2: Snap + Yesod: Yesod will give you many of the framework features you might want for developing web UIs. (Not sure about JavaFX though.) #1: Happstack: an ambitious web server / framework with some fancy features like its own data persistence system. One other tool worth considering if you're doing a lot of Javascript with Haskell is JMacro: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Jmacro It lets you embed Javascript code directly in Haskell, and easily embed Haskell data into that code. Anton