ghcid

Have you tried out ghcid? It basically just runs ghci on your program every time you save, and gives an updated list of errors and warnings. Not interactive in the sense that you don't manually test your functions with it, but like 95% of debugging in Haskell is just fixing errors at compilation time. I find it to be a very nice developer experience. Just need a text editor and a terminal with ghcid open and you get immediate feedback as you program. https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid

It doesn't feel slow to me (compared to for example C++ compilation) and you can iterate quickly using cabal repl (:r) or ghcid[1] which both support partial recompilation of changed files. [1] https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid

> Editor tooling is sub-par (especially compared to language communities like Java and C#) and finicky - we often end up just compiling in a separate terminal. https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid is a great tool that does exactly the last part.

ihaskell is a somewhat fragile project briding several disparate ecosystems/languages. I'm not really sure the value-add is there yet; in any case it is not a tool for beginners or the preferred method to get feedback from your programs. Haskell proper is pretty turn-key these days with stack. Stay away from edgelord / niche projects. Stay away from most of the IDE tooling, including ghc-mod. You don't need to be fighting the tooling when starting. The repl and "ghcid" should be all you need (though I grant it takes some learning to use these as effectively if you're used to an IDE- you will learn with experience). Just use the "ghcid" cli tool to get compile errors and feedback. It is rock solid. https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid Your experience will be much smoother. It takes a bit getting used to if you're used to an IDE, but with

I find ghcid very useful. It reloads your code automatically when it detects a filechange. https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid http://neilmitchell.blogspot.de/2014/09/ghcid-new-ghci-based...