[Haskell-beginners] How to structure an application?

[Magnus Therning]

Tilmann <t_gass at gmx.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I hope to get some advice on how to structure an application. So I
> acquire a handle early on that I use all over the app, but I don't
> want to pass the handle itself around, but wrap the handle with
> "commands" that a) make a nicer api and/or b) only allow specific
> usecases of the handle. I tried and failed to use MonadReader in a
> straightforward way and now I'm wondering what options there are.
> Looking forward to your feedback,

Below a certain size I'd actually consider just passing the handle
around, possibly in a type holding other info that's needed "all over."

At some point that becomes unwieldy and then I'd look at things like

- monad transformers (like you have below)
- tagless final: https://serokell.io/blog/2018/12/07/tagless-final
- readerT design pattern: https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2017/06/readert-design-pattern

I'm not too experienced with them, but I'm guessing free monads/effects
would be an alternative too...

/M

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