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Welcome to the PureScript wiki! This wiki is meant to be a collaborative effort, so please feel free to add/edit content where it is appropriate to do so.

Introduction

PureScript is a small strongly, statically typed compile-to-JS language with a number of interesting features, such as:

• Type Inference
• Higher Kinded Polymorphism
• Support for basic Javascript types
• Extensible records
• Extensible effects
• Optimizer rules for generation of efficient Javascript
• Pattern matching
• Simple FFI
• Modules
• Rank N Types
• Do Notation
• Tail-call elimination
• Type Classes

Basics

• Related Projects
• Differences from Haskell

Libraries

• Recommended Libraries
• QuickCheck

Tools

• Editor and tool support

Articles

• First Steps With PureScript - Solving Project Euler #1
• Handling Native Effects with the Eff Monad
• JavaScript Interop
• FFI Tips

Language Guide

This guide is taken from the old compiler documentation. The PureScript Book is the recommended approach to learning the language, since it covers more material in greater depth.

• Intro
• Getting Started
• Types
• Kinds
• Syntax
• Type Classes
• Modules
• FFI