The purpose of this little bot is to provide:
- a slew of mini-services for Bendyworks
- a simple platform for Bendyworkers to learn Haskell
- a playground for exciting Haskell web modules, such as WAI, Warp, and Aeson
This README
only demonstrates how to setup a Haskell dev environment for
creating Haskbot plugins. Further documentation can be found on
Hackage.
I find enjoyment of Haskell is greatly increased by a thorough reading of the first few chapters of Learn You a Haskell.... Of course, I highly recommend the entire book when you've time.
If you're an in-house Bendyworker, I'm also available before/after hours or during growth time to help or answer any questions.
To run Haskbot locally, all you require is the latest Haskell platform. If your distro of choice isn't Debian, this means your package manager probably provides it for you.
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Run the following to install the platform:
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On Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install haskell-platform
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On OSX (via Homebrew)
brew update brew install haskell-platform
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Add Cabal's (the Haskell package manager)
bin
folder to your shell's$PATH
. This is usually done by adding the following lines to~/.profile
or~/.bash_profile
(whichever you have/prefer).PATH="$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH" export PATH
Make sure to re-source whatever file contains the new
$PATH
, like so:source ~/.profile
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Update the Haskell packages via:
cabal update cabal install cabal-install cabal install haskbot-core
You're now ready to begin creating plugins for your very own Haskbot! Continue on to Hackage for a full Haskbot API description and examples.
I wouldn't have had time to write this without the growth time supplied by Bendyworks. Hey, employers! This is what developers need to survive.
See LICENSE.txt