ReasonML/Bucklescript Links

[Josh]

Here are some ReasonML links. It’s basically a syntax for Ocaml that looks a bit like JavaScript.

See also: Bucklescript and its “What & Why”.

Free Resources

• The Official Guide
• Get Started with Reason – free online course
• Exploring ReasonML – free online book
• 5+ hour YouTube course
• Create a pomodoro timer – tutorial
• Create a to-do app – tutorial (React with ReasonML)

Non-free Resources

Some books:

• Web Development with ReasonML
• ReasonML Quick Start Guide
• Learn Type-Driven Development

Other Tutorials

• Build a node script with ReasonML – this tutorial has some formatting errors, but shows how to add custom bindings to node functions.

[Josh]

I picked up a copy of this ebook. I read the docs and went through the pomodoro tutorial but am trying to find more examples of integrating small amounts of Reason/Ocaml into existing JS code.

The thing that interests me about it is that it’s just a thin layer of syntax over ocaml, and that discipline seems less optional than with Typescript in non-strict mode — but it also leaves in some escape hatches — and compiles to readable JavaScript.

[evante]

Often when I’m searching for documentation on something reason, I find a blogpost from here.

[evante]

I’m going to drop this explanation of GADTs in reason here.

[Josh]

Thanks, I’ll check them out more closely after I finish the book.

[Josh]

Related: Free Online OCaml Course