From: Alain Frisch <alain.frisch@lexifi.com>
To: caml-list <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: [Caml-list] gen_js_api: generating Javascript bindings from OCaml interfaces
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:38:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <553E7400.60702@lexifi.com> (raw)
Dear all,
LexiFi is currently experimenting with the js_of_ocaml compiler in order
to create some browser-side applications in OCaml. In this context, we
have started a new project called gen_js_api which aims at simplifying
the creation of bindings to Javascript libraries.
The approach is quite different from js_of_ocaml's native FFI (which
relies on language extensions). In gen_js_api, authors of bindings
define the expected OCaml interface, annotated with light attributes to
define the actual mapping to Javascript; and client of generated
bindings work with native OCaml types, without requiring any language
extension, nor any knowledge of how js_of_ocaml represents OCaml values
in Javascript.
gen_js_api has reached a state where actual bindings can be written, and
it is reasonably well documented. It is now a good time to look at the
project if you're interested in this topic. Of course, feel free to
comment on the project or contribute to it.
Project page:
https://github.com/alainfrisch/gen_js_api
Alain
next reply other threads:[~2015-04-27 17:38 UTC|newest]
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2015-04-27 17:38 Alain Frisch [this message]
2015-04-27 20:35 ` Andrew Herron
2015-04-27 20:42 ` Andrew Herron
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