I'd highly recommend Jordan Walke's (creator of React) talk on the ideas behind ReasonML: React to the Future [1].
I think it's so cool that you can take the ideas of ReactJS - functional programming applied to UI - but then have a language (ReasonML [2]) that is essentially purpose built for it, with OCaml [3] powering it under the hood - a functional programming language that's been significantly invested in, both in academia and industry. And to be able to take React-the-Idea, compile it cross-platform, to native-code... and ship.
I think it's so cool that you can take the ideas of ReactJS - functional programming applied to UI - but then have a language (ReasonML [2]) that is essentially purpose built for it, with OCaml [3] powering it under the hood - a functional programming language that's been significantly invested in, both in academia and industry. And to be able to take React-the-Idea, compile it cross-platform, to native-code... and ship.
- [1] Jordan Walke - React to the Future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fG_lyNuEAw
- [2] https://reasonml.github.io/
- [3] https://ocaml.org/