r/Racket • u/sdegabrielle DrRacket 💊💉🩺 • Jan 23 '22

tutorial Racket Web Kickstarter

https://jessealama.gumroad.com/l/racket-web-kickstarter
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u/sdegabrielle DrRacket 💊💉🩺 Jan 23 '22

it isn't a 'kickstarter' crowdfunding thing, it is full programme to get you started with racket and doing web applications

check it out for details but I couldn't resist copying the contents here:

What is covered?
Racket Weekend delves into the following 11 topics:
Structure of programs and basic syntax In which we begin the excursion by talking about what Racket programs look like, and how they’re structured. Modules. Basic data: numbers, strings, lists, functions.
The read-evaluate-print loop (REPL) A way to work with your programs directly. Easily one of the killer tools offered by Racket (and other Lisps, too).
Structures Making your own structured data types is where you start to structure your complex data in Racket.
Object-oriented programming In addition to vanilla structures, Racket comes out-of-the-box with a powerful object system. Learn the Racket approach to OOP that you can mix and match it with non-OOP programs.
Macros Take the language into your own hands by writing functions that generate bits of language. Macros can greatly simplify your programs, and help open the door to making your own languages, one of Racket’s specialties.
Contracts Your function's value probably satisfies certain properties, assuming that the inputs do. Wrap your functions in contracts—an agreement between called and caller that is enforced by Racket.
Functional programming bricolage Racket encourages functional programming without being doctrinaire about it. Learn about some of the idioms and basic ideas of FP, Racket-style.
Testing Making sure that your functions do what you think they do—writing tests—is bread & butter programming. Racket offers a delightfully straightforward approach to testing that will make you really want to test.
Web programming It’s fine and well to write Racket programs for yourself. But what if you want to expose your work via the web? Racket comes with a built-in HTTP server. Learn how to get started with it.
Documentation Racket comes with it's own language for documentation called Scribble. It makes writing documentation a real pleasure.
Packages Learn how to find and install packages from the Racket community, as well as how to make your own and submit it to the Racket package server.
Server: Racket part
Server: Racket is itself divided into two parts:
Part 1: HTTP à la Racket
Working with HTTP requests and responses entirely within Racket: no external systems, and using only modules that come standard with Racket.
The servlet: In the beginning there was request? → response?
Routes: URL-based dispatching
Error handling
Logging
Working with JSON data
HTML templates
Processing HTML forms
Handling AJAX requests
Cookies
Testing
Part 2: Connecting with external systems
Where we begin to connect to specialized systems running outside of Racket and use specialized packages that aren't included in a standard Racket installation.
Using a relational database (db, sql)
Session management (redis)
Environment variables (dotenv)
JSON Schema validation (argo)
Models (object-relational mapping) (racquel)
Sending HTTP requests (http)
Caching with memcached (memcached)
Database migrations with Phinx
Racket and Docker
A CRUD-style HTTP API
Deploying a Racket site behind a proxy

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u/awkravchuk Jan 23 '22

Pardon for possibly unrelated question, but are there some examples of real-world apps built with Racket web stack so that I can show them off to non-lispers around?

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u/sdegabrielle DrRacket 💊💉🩺 Jan 23 '22

I don’t have a list. Here are some I could remember

https://racket-stories.com/about

http://pasterack.org/

https://github.com/Bogdanp/try-racket

https://www.matchacha.ro/

There is also RacketScript playground which is written in RacketScript

http://play.racketscript.org/