Hello, I need to draw a knowledge tree of some form where the tree needs to be interactive. Basically just a tree of nodes that you can click on and do actions, hide, zoom in/out, move camera around etc. My current plan is to convert the current core code, which is in OCaml, to ReasonML and offloa…

One follow up question, if a project needs to rely on npm somewhat, is js_of_ocaml still a good option? My understanding is bucklescript allows easier access to npm libraries, and deals with project management as well, while js_of_ocaml is still used inside dune etc. I have yet to find info on how …

I’ve definitely used JavaScript libraries with js_of_ocaml, and that works fine. But npm integration as far as I know has only been put together with Bucklescript and bsb (the Bucklescript build system), and I don’t know much of the details. But it was pretty easy to grab a bundle off of npm, and th…

Awesome! Thanks very much for the reply and the pointer.

I only have experience with Bucklescript not with js_of_ocaml but my experience is quite good with it. If you have experience with js and the js ecosystem, I would probably check out Bucklescript.

Yep I would agree, I have been toying with Reason and Bucklescript for past 1-2 days, and the experience has been very smooth. My only concern is that being stuck with OCaml 4.02.3 might cause issues later down the road for the project that I can’t foresee right now. So I’ll proceed with js_of_ocam…

Thanks for the info! Yep I bumped into the GitHub issue today, but since my project is due in a few months, I can’t really wait on it.

I have used it to make a UI used in the industry but it has a learning curve because aspects of it are not documented.

Did you like using it? Would you use it again if you had to do an OCaml app with a GUI?

I developed the binding method between QML with OCaml, so I’m probably biased, but I would use it again yes. I have had ideas to make it more straightforward but not the time, yet.

Drawing tree in OCaml GUI, best option?

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tcoopman August 10, 2018, 1:17pm 12

AFAIK, the work has started to move Bucklescript over to 4.06, these might be relevant: https://github.com/BuckleScript/bucklescript/issues/2755 and JS_of_OCaml vs Bucklescript

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