The latest articles on DEV Community by Muttsuri (@muttsuri). https://dev.to/muttsuri https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F197259%2F78554484-1230-478d-a6d6-ea5bdca87ab0.jpeg https://dev.to/muttsuri en Muttsuri Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:03:08 +0000 https://dev.to/muttsuri/haskell-stack-and-package-management-54ni https://dev.to/muttsuri/haskell-stack-and-package-management-54ni <h1> Backstory: </h1> <p>So I know the somewhat very basics of haskell, and for a small program that I wanted to do I found a function in a library (the function was <code>chunksOf</code> form <code>Data.List.Split</code>, which was it's own confusing thing since for the looks of it the package name is <code>split</code>).<br> So I tried to look for a package manager, which lead me to stack. Now I tried to work with it but I don't want to build a massive project, I just want to experiment around a bit.</p> <h1> Confusion: </h1> <ul> <li>I do not understand the whole project structure (there is a lot of indirection and I can't tell even to which file I should be writing my code, it's a small thing I only want one file and one function from one lib).</li> <li>Why is there not a simple package installer alternative, I feel the tool is getting in my way more than it's helping.</li> <li>I find that this is more of a general haskell thing but I do agree that although it's hard documentation is good the soft one is lacking and I think it's what I'm feeling now. # TL;DR: I don't understand stack</li> </ul> <p><code>PS: Sorry if this is too long this is my first post, I'm not sure how this works</code></p> explainlikeimfive haskell