Seems that there are not much work done on Haskell for web. People uses it
as a learning tool for functional
programming more than business. Has
anyone developed and deployed web
application on Haskell, yet? Please,
share the links.The next session comments might change my mind
and plan something else which could
be also useful in terms of business.
Guidance, Guidance,
Please!
I’m planning to learn a functional programming language and I picked Haskell.
Is Haskell “cooked” enough to develop a commercial web application? Or should I start looking for other options, maybe even something other than a functional programming language, if it is worthy?
Investment in learning a language is very expensive and I want to make sure Haskell is really worth it to learn.
Guidance, Please.
Ramiz,
Your title mentions “commerical web applications,” while your question doesn’t, so I’m assuming that the end goal is to write a web application using a functional programming language.
If this is the case, I recommend that you start with yaws, a fast HTTP server written in the functional concurrent programming language Erlang. You’ll learn the ups and downs of twisting PHP-like scripts into a functional mindset, much of which you can then translate into your work with Haskell.
If you’d really like to stick with Haskell, and the choice of language is more important to you than the general functional approach, then take a look at the Real World Haskell book. That will give you a sense of how the language solves common problems that you might be interested in tackling while you learn the language.