wxHaskell

wxHaskell is a portable and native GUI library for Haskell, built on wxWidgets. It is often used by those wanting to develop a GUI with a functional language.

Applications

High-level GUI libraries built on top of wxHaskell

As a comparison shows ^[1], wxHaskell is a middle-level GUI library. Several experimental high-level GUI library approaches are implemented on top of wxHaskell:

• wxFruit
• Phooey

As a contrast, the high-level GUI library FG and Grapefruit are implemented on top of the middle-level Gtk2Hs, which is based on GTK2.

All of these high-level libraries are experimental, using advanced mathematical concepts in their approach: see arrows in functional programming.

Notes

1. ^ Haskell wiki: Libraries and tools/GUI libraries

External links

• Web page of the wxHaskell project
• The 2004 ICFP Programming Contest. The winning entry by the team Dunkosmiloolump was written in Haskell and wxHaskell.
• A more advanced intro.
• Unofficial help about compiling wxHaskell 0.9.4 with wxWidgets 2.8