ReasonML Hands-on with Thomas coopman

Reason is not a new language; it's a new syntax and toolchain powered by the battle-tested language, OCaml. Reason can compile to Javascript thanks to the BuckleScript compiler or to native binaries.

The best way of learning is by doing. So in this session we’ll be building a simple web application and compiling Reason to javascript. This quick dive into Reason will show you how easy it is to start using it today and what advantages a fast and fully statically typed language has over regular javascript.

Bring your laptop, with an editor with language server support (visual studio code for example) and you’ll be good to go! Pairing and mobbing will be encouraged!

About Thomas Coopman

Thomas Coopman has been fascinated with computers since he was a kid. Playing around at first, became programming later and after learning some programming for himself and a small detour starting studies for nursing, he went on and studied Master of Informatics at the KULeuven.

Thomas is a polyglot and loves to learn new languages. His latest language studies have taken him to Elixir, Elm, Bucklescript and he has a special affinity for functional programming languages.

Thomas is an independent software engineer and consultant focused on the full stack: frontend, backend and mostly people, practices and processes. Thomas is also currently active in the DDD Belgium and Software Craftsmanship Belgium community.

18:30 Doors, food and drinks
19:30 Session
21:30 Networking