[Haskell-cafe] Call for GUI examples - Functional Reactive Programming

[KC]

Can one do FRP with Haskell connected to Javascript in the browser? I
believe there is a standalone version of Javascript.

On 7/8/11, Heinrich Apfelmus <apfelmus at quantentunnel.de> wrote:
> Chris Smith wrote:
>> Heinrich Apfelmus wrote:
>>> Do you know any *small GUI programs* that you would *like* to see
>>> *implemented with Functional Reactive Programming?*
>>
>> This isn't really a specific application, but what I'd like to see most
>> from FRP is an example of something that involves moving between windows
>> and dialog boxes.  All of the GUI-based FRP examples I've seen so far
>> involve interactions in a specific GUI layout.  It's unclear to me how
>> FRP extends into a situation like:
>>
>> - There's a starting window showing several options for what to do
>> - When the user chooses an option, that window closes, and a new one
>> opens with that activity.
>> - In response to some actions, dialog boxes appear with their own
>> interactions.
>>
>> It's not clear to me if anyone in FRP has an idea of how stuff like this
>> fits in.  Is there some FRP trick to handle this declaratively?  Or
>> would you just say each move to a new window ends or pauses one network
>> of events and behaviors, and starts a new one?
>
> That's a very good example. Unfortunately, I am one of those who don't
> have any idea of how stuff like this fits in. :)
>
> I think it's possible to get something like this with pausing and
> resuming event networks, but a general and elegant formulation would
> probably rely on dynamic event switching, which I haven't attempted to
> implement yet. I'm trying to pick the low hanging fruit first.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Heinrich Apfelmus
>
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KC