Re: [Caml-list] Web technologies as graphical user interface to OCaml programs?

[Vincent Balat <vincent.balat@vblt.org>]

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Hi,

This is precisely what Eliom is intended for. Eliom is the simplest way to
program client-server applications with an interface in a browser. The
program is written as a single code, with parts of the code being executed
server-side and other client-side. Communication between client and server
is straightforward (e.g. just call a server side function from the client).

You can now also derive the mobile app for Android and iOS from the exact
same code.

Have a look at
http://ocsigen.org/tuto/dev/manual/start
for how to create very quickly a template application with code examples.
(You will need to pin the dev version of all packages — ocsigen-toolkit,
ocsigen-start ... — as I think they are still not in opam, but they will be
released in very few days/hours).

For an example of running app using this have a look a
http://www.besport.com or the corresponding mobile apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.besport.www.mobile
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/besport/id1104216922

Regards,
Vincent Balat



Le jeu. 8 déc. 2016 à 09:21, Matthieu Dubuget <matthieu.dubuget@gmail.com>
a écrit :

> Hello,
>
> I wonder how I could use Web technologies to write OCaml program's
> GUI.
>
> I’m particularly interested by the ocaml-vdom (elm) approach
> simplicity.
>
> But my need would be to add a user interface to programs using some
> OCaml libraries which are not supported by js_of_ocaml (Unix, C libs
> bindings…).
>
> One solution would be to keep the GUI-less native OCaml apps compiled
> and running as native code, and have them communicate with GUIs that
> would run in browsers.
>
> I'm not sure how this communication would be done, thought? Maybe
> websocket,
> but this is something I do not know at all…
>
> Another solution would be to have the native OCaml app directly serve
> it's UI, maybe using ocsigenserver?
>
> I'm wondering if there are some examples around with those kind of
> approaches or other kind of solution?
>
> Best regards
>
>
> --
> Matthieu Dubuget
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