
Hi, I'd like to advertise two Google Summer of Code projects that I recently added to the list [1] of proposed projects: Improve Cabal's test support http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/ticket/1581 Proper test support is essential for good software quality. By improving Cabal's test support we can test all Cabal packages on continuous build machines which should help us detect breakages earlier. Making it easier to run the tests means that more people will run them and those who already do will run the more often. and A high-performance HTML combinator library using Data.Text http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/ticket/1580 Being both fast and safe, Haskell would make a great replacement for e.g. Python and Ruby for server applications. However, good library support for web applications is sorely missing. To write web applications you need at least three components: a web application server, a data storage layer, and an HTML generation library. The goal of this project is to address the last of the three, as the two are already getting some attention from other Haskell developers. I encourage any interested students to have a look at the two proposals (and the other proposals on the list) and sign up for GSoC on Trac (or with Edward Kmett if Trac is still having issues). 1. http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/report/1 Cheers, Johan