Learning ReScript - Part 1 (Intro, Setup)
Finally I am taking the time to learn ReScript. Follow me on my journey and read how I approach it, mixed with some of my opinions and experiences.
Learning ReScript ...
ReScript (see rescript-lang.org) is a strongly-typed programming language that compiles to JavaScript, I call it a types-first language.
It has exhaustiveness built-in from the go, which means more complete error checks by the compiler and more complete code before you deploy.
It infers a lot of types, less types to write.
It also claims to look and
act a lot like JavaScript, which I would not highlight, since the more real typing you
do in ReScript the less it is like JavaScript, naturally (JS is just not typed).
Still I find it very interesting, because I think it really eases the use of (strict) typing,
way more than languages like PureScript. ReScript allows using types in a much more
efficient way than languages like flow or TypeScript because it is typed-first and
not taped onto JavaScript. Curious? Want to follow along learning, then start with
Part 1, and have fun.
Learning ReScript - Part 2 (rescript Command)
In Part 1 I started with ReScript,
I set up a project
and made my first steps, got it running.
Now I want to learn more and get to the point where I have a feeling for how to use ReScript,
lets see where it takes me. I guess it will take me more than this "Part 2" post to be
comfortable to start a project with ReScript.
Learning ReScript - Part 3 (Format, Start Typing)
The setup is working, I can compile and run ReScript files, I touched a bit on the syntax in Part 2, next I will continue through the docs chapters from top to bottom.
[WIP] Learning ReScript - First Conclusions
Taking in the rear view mirror for the first time and trying to sum up what I learned from ReScript and compare it to my initial expectations.
[WIP] Learning ReScript - Part 4 (Tuples)
seen formatting and first type annotations in part 3, now lets get a bit more concrete with tuples real data structures ftw
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