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# generals
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big-piano-35669
06/19/2018, 7:34 PM
dotnetsoon 😁
@bitter-oil-46081 is hard at work on this, and it is tracked at https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/issues/1526, and in fact, the #CB81H6DG9 channel has been talking about this. Please feel free to join in to help us do it right!
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green-pager-56999
06/19/2018, 7:36 PMWow, that's a very fast reply...
green-pager-56999
06/19/2018, 7:36 PMHave you considered leveraging F# type providers for the API?
green-pager-56999
06/19/2018, 7:37 PMStrongly typed pulumi would be incredible...
green-pager-56999
06/19/2018, 7:37 PMand with a generative type provider, you could utilize the types from C# as well.
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able-eye-75940
06/19/2018, 8:59 PMYou should chat with @tall-librarian-49374 — he’s a big fan of F#
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tall-librarian-49374
06/19/2018, 9:02 PMNot sure what type provider could do there... But yes, F# API could look awesome. I'm thinking more of leveraging custom CEs.
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white-balloon-205
06/19/2018, 11:26 PM
The cloud platform APIs being projected here are statically described, and we have existing tools to generate API definitions for JavaScript, Python, Go, etc. - so a similar approach will likely make sense for .NET, without the need for F# Type Providers. (I say that as someone who helped design the initial Type Providers feature for F# back when I worked on the F# team at Microsoft :-)).
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tall-librarian-49374
06/20/2018, 5:27 AMYes, that was my point too (OMG, F# designers here)
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green-pager-56999
06/20/2018, 8:25 AMOh, the idea would be to make the following style of the API actually type safe: https://pulumi.io/quickstart/aws-ec2.html
green-pager-56999
06/20/2018, 8:27 AMThat could be done with code gen too, I suppose. Just want to get rid of those scary strings.
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tall-librarian-49374
06/20/2018, 8:34 AMThis could (and should?) be done in TS too
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green-pager-56999
06/20/2018, 8:46 AM(Definitely)
green-pager-56999
06/20/2018, 8:56 AMI think for a more concrete example for where the type provider would be useful is this part of the API: https://pulumi.io/reference/pkg/nodejs/@pulumi/aws/ec2/#getInstance
Being able to go, say,
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tall-librarian-49374
06/20/2018, 9:23 AMBut before you start, there is no MyServerName yet. Most pulumi code should be "desired state configuration", not navigating through your current infra in AWS account.