Benefits

• Compile to readable JavaScript and reuse existing JavaScript code easily
• An extensive collection of libraries for development of web applications, web servers, apps and more
• Excellent tooling and editor support with instant rebuilds
• An active community with many learning resources
• Build real-world applications using functional techniques and expressive types, such as:
  • Algebraic data types and pattern matching
  • Row polymorphism and extensible records
  • Higher kinded types
  • Type classes with functional dependencies
  • Higher-rank polymorphism

Hello, PureScript!

import Prelude
import Effect.Console (log)

greet :: String -> String
greet name = "Hello, " <> name <> "!"

main = log (greet "World")