From Unikernels to Databases to UIs: Truly full-stack apps in OCaml
What happens when your app is its own VM, boots in 50ms, and can share the same code across browser/mobile/server components? Let’s find out!
With libraries like Mirage, js_of_ocaml, & ARM compiler output OCaml apps can operate at such a low level we don’t even need operating systems on the backend anymore (removing 15 million lines of memory-unsafe code) - while at the same time, writing UI’s is easier & more reliable than ever before, with lightweight type-checked code sharing between server, browser clients, & native mobile apps.
We’ll look at a thought experiment of what’s enabled by new tech in OCaml like Unikernels, efficient JS/ARM output, React/Native support, and easy host interop.
Sean’s been convinced there are better ways to develop applications across the stack for years, and built time-traveling debuggers, interface builders, layout tools, and graphic design tools in his quest to explore the space. His company was the first to deploy ClojureScript’s Om library to a production app in early 2014, he helped lay the architecture for CircleCI’s open-source frontend app and https://www.precursorapp.com.
Tue 19 JulDisplayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change
10:05 - 12:25 | |||
10:05 40mTalk | Functional Programming and Foreign Language Interfaces: Essentials in Distributed Computing CurryOn Jörgen Brandt Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | ||
10:55 40mTalk | The Future of Programming will be Live CurryOn | ||
11:45 40mTalk | From Unikernels to Databases to UIs: Truly full-stack apps in OCaml CurryOn Sean Grove None |