reflex-platform VS eta

Compare reflex-platform vs eta and see what are their differences.

reflex-platform

A curated package set and set of tools that let you build Haskell packages so they can run on a variety of platforms. reflex-platform is built on top of the nix package manager. (by reflex-frp)

eta

The Eta Programming Language, a dialect of Haskell on the JVM (by typelead)
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reflex-platform eta
10 6
713 2,589
0.7% 0.0%
8.3 0.0
2 months ago over 1 year ago
Nix Haskell
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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reflex-platform

Posts with mentions or reviews of reflex-platform. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-15.
  • The Haskell job market has been growing steaily since 2008
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jul 2023
    We used reflex-frp, so our app was a webview that worked on localhost and Android. The docs say it also works on iOS but we don't have an iPhone.

    The process was learning Functional Reactive Programming, then learning reflex-frp, then getting a contract with obsidian (creators of reflex) for one hour a week where we could ask questions.

    ( https://github.com/reflex-frp/reflex-platform )

    We had a grant requirement to create a phone client for Tahoe-LAFS, a Python application with a bunch of dependencies, including ZFEC, a forward error correction library.

    ( https://tahoe-lafs.readthedocs.io/ )

    ( https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/zfec/ )

    We needed bug for bug compatibility with the Python codebase, so I ran Tahoe on localhost and tested the Haskell client against the Python server. We used servant to build the API, since it builds both client and server side from the same description.

    ( https://hackage.haskell.org/package/servant )

  • Resurrection/modernization of an old Haskell+Haste project (boardgame Yinsh)
    8 projects | /r/haskell | 8 Feb 2023
  • Exploring ideas in Haskell
    3 projects | /r/haskell | 14 Jan 2022
    The type classes do take a toll on performance, but in reflex-platform we change GHC's default flags to make the situation a lot better. It's still not ideal, but our performance winds up being OK for real applications. The most important part is that the performance scales reasonably well as the application grows. It might probably be good at some point to use backpack instead of a typeclass so that specialization can be enforced - though I'd prefer if GHC gave a way to just force specialization more effectively.
  • Any News On Haskell For Android ?
    4 projects | /r/haskell | 4 Jan 2022
    Obelisk / reflex-platform contain nix-based solutions to building Haskell code for mobile, so you might be interested in checking out how they do it (or just using them).
  • Creating a Haskell Application Using Reflex. Part 1
    3 projects | dev.to | 15 Mar 2021
    In this series of posts, we will describe how a Haskell web application can be developed using reflex-platform. reflex-platform offers reflex and reflex-dom packages. reflex package is the Haskell implementation of Functional reactive programming (FRP). reflex-dom library contains a large number of functions, classes, and types used when dealing with DOM. The packages are separated as it is possible to use the FRP approach not only for web-development. We will develop theTodo List application that allows carrying out various manipulations on the task list.
  • [JOBS] Obsidian Systems is Hiring
    5 projects | /r/haskell | 11 Mar 2021
    reflex-platform
  • Setting up Reflex with VS Code in WSL
    4 projects | /r/haskell | 8 Feb 2021
    To clarify the situation, the canonical way to develop reflex-dom projects is to start from the reflex-platform. See here: https://github.com/reflex-frp/reflex-platform/blob/develop/docs/project-development.rst
  • Nix - WSL - no C compiler provided for this platform
    2 projects | /r/haskell | 1 Feb 2021
    This might also be coming from the tests of the library (even if they can run in the browser, their tests might not). You can disabled tests using an overrides attribute in project.nix (if using reflex-stone). You can see what it should look like here : https://github.com/reflex-frp/reflex-platform/blob/develop/project/default.nix#L79. You should add this attribute at the same level where "useWarp = true;" is. This should then have lines like "diagrams = pkgs.haskell.lib.dontCheck super.diagrams;" for example if you want to disable the tests for the diagrams package.

eta

Posts with mentions or reviews of eta. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-18.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing reflex-platform and eta you can also consider the following projects:

obelisk - Functional reactive web and mobile applications, with batteries included.

EJS - Embedded JavaScript templates -- http://ejs.co

squirrelly - Semi-embedded JS template engine that supports helpers, filters, partials, and template inheritance. 4KB minzipped, written in TypeScript ⛺

simplex-chat - SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱!

Yampa - Functional Reactive Programming domain-specific language for efficient hybrid systems

marko - A declarative, HTML-based language that makes building web apps fun

nunjucks - A powerful templating engine with inheritance, asynchronous control, and more (jinja2 inspired)

astro-starter - Astro Launcher alternative written in Typescript/Deno

doT - The fastest + concise javascript template engine for nodejs and browsers. Partials, custom delimiters and more.

monads - 👻 Option, Result, and Either types for TypeScript; Inspired by Rust

vscode-ghc-simple - Simple GHC (Haskell) integration for VSCode

hackcell - Apecs + SDL2 roguelike