A demo project that shows a fullstack ReasonML/OCaml app–native binary + webapp
This project shows a minimal fullstack ReasonML application. It has a
This is a proof-of-concept; you can customize it to your needs.
Follow these steps:
npm install --global esy@latest
esy install
(one-time setup but will
take a while to compile dependencies like SSL so grab your favourite
beverage)npm install
(or use pnpm to save some
disk space)Procfile
either manually on different
terminals, or using a process manager like Foreman/Overmind/HivemindYou can also try out the app without the Webpack dev server:
dist
directory: npm run dist
esy b dune exec backend/App.exe
Correctly caches the JS bundle–with cache busting!
This project pulls together:
These are the significant parts of the project:
backend/
: contains the sources for the backend executableesy.lock/
: a lock directory used by Esy to capture precise dependency
informationfrontend/
: contains the sources for the frontend ReasonReact appshared/
: contains sources shared between the backend and frontendbsconfig.json
: BuckleScript project configurationdune-project
: Dune project configuration (for
the native build)esy.json
: Esy project configuration (native package management)fullstack-reason.opam
: OPAM project
configuration (empty but needed for backward-compatibility with OPAM)package.json
: Npm project configurationwebpack.config.js
: Webpack bundler
configuration for the frontendHonourable mention: build outputs are in the .gitignore
.