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Life & fun · August 3, 2014

PureScript Book

Learn functional programming for the web using PureScript, by solving practical problems.

PureScript Book launched on August 3, 2014 with 6 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

What it does

PureScript is a small strongly, statically typed programming language with expressive types, written in and inspired by Haskell, and compiling to Javascript. Functional programming in JavaScript has seen quite a lot of popularity recently, but large-scale application development is hindered by the lack of a disciplined environment in which to write code. PureScript aims to solve that problem by bringing the power of strongly-typed functional programming to the world of JavaScript development. This book will show you how to get started with the PureScript programming language, from the basics (setting up a development environment) to the advanced. Each chapter will be motivated by a…from leanpub.com

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