haskell-language-server

I previously used IntelliJ IDEA on Linux for over eight years, so I can sympathize with your struggles. [1] Recently I started using OSX because my Thinkpad finally died and I could not find another laptop I liked. So far, it's been pretty bumpy, although I noticed that some things have improved (like fonts and build times). The downside is that many things currently do not work on aarch64 right now, and I somewhat regret making the switch this early. I recently started writing some Haskell, which was a pain to setup on my local machine but now that GHCi and Stack finally support it [2], I think it's getting stable. Hopefully more native libraries will offer support for aarch64, because despite the minor speedups (faster JVM), overall it's been a productivity-killer. Very few native libraries provide M1-compatible builds right now. [1]: h

The download link leads to a github repository called “haskell-language-server”; how are these projects related? Edit: it’s addressed in the Wingman’s landing page FAQ. > Wingman is built on top of HLS, and that's the reason it doesn't require dedicated editor support. The project’s source code also lives in HLS, as a plugin: https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/tree/mast...

Things are slowly improving. For example you now have the Haskell Language Server (https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server) which makes it way simpler to integrate haskell into your editor. I'm using VSCode and the official extension (https://github.com/haskell/vscode-haskell). The default experience is not at the level of what I have with Go or Typescript but already quite good (though it's not that stable IMHO, I have to restart the server more than I would like). The Haskell Platform (https://www.haskell.org/platform/) makes it simple to install almost everything you need to get started (the compiler, standard libraries, build tools, etc). It's not there yet, the beginner dev experience is still painful and frustrating, but things improved quite a lot.

Also recommend using the following IDE tooling: https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server Especially easy to setup if you're using VSCode. Lots of Haskell code forgoes type annotations so with this plugin you can simply hover your mouse over things to see the exact type the compiler inferred.

I've only dabbled with GHCI. I've used it as a standalone REPL for trying out small things, the same way I'd use a Python or Javascript REPL. I haven't used the REPL /the/ developer interface to the program. In Clojure, I would (1) start a REPL server, (2) connect to it from my editor, and (3) send expressions to it. I didn't develop Haskell that way, though I think it was possible with Intero[1]. Within the Clojure community, there's a perception that the Clojure REPL is one of its strongest selling points[2]. Are you using the REPL actively when developing? Edit: really curious about the "-- >>> expression " syntax! I might have to give Haskell another go. Edit 2: Example of this interaction in practice with VSCode[3] [1]: https://github.com/chrisdone/intero#readme [2]: https://clojure.org/guides/repl/introduction [3]: https://github.co