dannywillems/js_of_ocaml_exercices

List of exercices to learn how to use js_of_ocaml.

js_of_ocaml_exercices

List of exercices to learn how to use js_of_ocaml.

What's js_of_ocaml ?

From Ocsigen website:

Js_of_ocaml is a compiler of OCaml bytecode to Javascript. It makes it possible
to run Ocaml programs in a Web browser.

and from the Wikipedia page describing the Ocsigen project:

A Javascript compilator from OCaml to Javascript named js_of_ocaml. It makes it
possible to run OCaml programs in a Web browser, with portability and without
having to install anything. The compilator takes as input language an OCaml
bytecode, that is a compiled OCaml program. It allows you to use existing OCaml
libraries whose source code isn't available.

How does it work ?

This repository contains a list of exercices to teach you how to use js_of_ocaml.

After learning how to compile an ocaml file into a Javascript file, a Makefile will be available for each next exercices (see this repository). An explanation will be given in the same exercice where you learn how to compile ocaml into js.

List of exercices

• Ex00: Compile your ml files into Javascript scripts.
• Ex01: Modify the title of an HTML page.
• Ex02: An alert box with Hello world.
• Ex03: Show a confirm box and get response.
• Ex04: Add dynamically html nodes such as paragraph or div.
• Ex05: Create the Materialize Starter Template in OCaml.
• Ex06: Event handler: execute code when page is loaded.