Albums Haskell/Elm App
1. Preconditions
1.1. Backend
The backend is written in Haskell and uses servant to serve a REST-api.
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Haskell - You might want to install Haskell platform
2. Get it up and running
Firstly just clone this repo. If you wish to try out the demo app corresponding with a particular episode of the accompanying blog series, checkout the appropriate tag (named after each episode)
2.1. Backend
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Open a terminal and cd to
$albums/backend -
(Optional/Depending on your ghc version in path) -
stack setup -
stack build -
stack exec albums
If you would like to hack with reload support:
- stack install halive alternatively clone halive and build with stack manually (you might need to fiddle to ensure the ghc version used matches/is compatible with the backend app)
- stack exec halive src/Main.hs src
- Edit/save and enjoy recompile and auto restart
You may test that it’s up and running by curl http://localhost:8081/artists/1
2.2. Frontend
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Open a terminal and cd to
$albums/frontend -
elm-package install --yes -
npm install -
npm run dev
Open a browser window with the following url: http://localhost:8090/
You should now be able to do changes on .elm files, and upon save get live reload.