Effect and Aff

This folder accomplishes the following goals:

• An explanation of what "native side-effects" are and how this is modeled via Effect.
• A demonstration of how to write the infamous "Hello World" app in Purescript
• A demonstration of the various Effect types out there and their usage.
• An overview of Aff and how to use some of its API.
• An explanation and example of using the first workaround to the "bind outputs the same box-like type it receives" restriction.
• A how-to guide for dealing with "callback hell" via Aff and using Node.ReadLine as an example.

These examples are compilable, enabling the reader to do two things.

REPL

First, one can interact with the code in this folder by using the REPL via the command, spago repl. Once initialized, one can import a module into the REPL and play with the code from there (e.g. run main).

For example, one might input the following command sequence:

spago repl
import HelloWorld
main

Note: some of the code in this folder will not work properly when used with the REPL. When it doesn't, use the second approach below.

Compilation

Second, one can compile the examples into their resulting JavaScript files. One can view just the module (i.e. the JavaScript code generated from a single PS file) or the entire program as an executable file (i.e. the JavaScript code generated from a call to file's main function). The latter can be run using Node:

Effect Folder

To run each program in the Effect folder, use these commands:

# Syntax
# spago run --main Module.Path.To.Main.Module

spago run --main HelloWorld
spago run --main HelloNumber
spago run --main HelloDoNotation
spago run --main RandomNumber
spago run --main CurrentDateAndTime
spago run --main TimeoutAndInterval
spago run --main MutableState.Global
spago run --main MutableState.Local

Aff Folder

To run each program in the Aff folder, use these commands:

spago run -m AffBasics.LaunchAff
spago run -m AffBasics.Delay
spago run -m AffBasics.ForkJoin
spago run -m AffBasics.SuspendJoin
spago run -m AffBasics.CachedJoin
spago run -m AffBasics.SwitchingContexts
spago run -m TimeoutAndInterval.Aff

The following examples must be compiled first and then run by node:

spago bundle-app -m ConsoleLessons.ReadLine.Effect -t dist/readline-effect.js && node dist/readline-effect.js

spago bundle-app -m ConsoleLessons.ReadLine.Aff -t dist/readline-aff.js && node dist/readline-aff.js