Elm

What is Elm?

Writing HTML apps is super easy with elm-lang/html. Not only does it render extremely fast, it also quietly guides you towards well-architected code.

Elm is a tool in the Build Automation category of a tech stack.

Key Features

No Runtime ExceptionsFearless refactoringUnderstand anyone's codeFast and friendly feedbackEnforced Semantic VersioningSmall Assets

Elm Pros & Cons

Pros of Elm

✓Code stays clean
✓Great type system
✓No Runtime Exceptions
✓Fun
✓Easy to understand
✓Type safety
✓Correctness
✓JS fatigue
✓Declarative
✓Ecosystem agrees on one Application Architecture

Cons of Elm

✗No typeclasses -> repitition (i.e. map has 130versions)
✗JS interop can not be async
✗JS interoperability a bit more involved
✗Backwards compability breaks between releases
✗Main developer enforces "the correct" style hard
✗More code is required
✗No communication with users
✗No JSX/Template

Elm Integrations

Tauri, Starship (Shell Prompt) are some of the popular tools that integrate with Elm. Here's a list of all 2 tools that integrate with Elm.

Tauri

Starship (Shell Prompt)

Elm Discussions

Discover why developers choose Elm. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.

Dieter Vekeman

Developer at Tinkhaven

May 16, 2019

Needs adviceon

Elm

Frontend application Elm

Typesafe frontend coding
Easy refactoring (make the changes and fix the compilation errors)
Quick (re)compilation (v0.19)
Automatic recompilation in development using npm + webpack
Production output is small and fast
Built-in architecture (The Elm Architecture: Model View Update)

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zaaack

Dec 6, 2018

Needs adviceon

React

Redux

Elm

React is awesome, but is just a view library, when we need to manage state, there is Redux.js. The ecosystem of redux is big, complex and hard to integrate. That's why we choose to create hydux. Hydux is simple, the main idea is from Elm, a pure functional vdom-based framework for front-end. We seperate the whole app with state, actions and views. Which means not only our views are a tree, but also our state and actions. Reuse state and actions are just like reuse react components, no need to consider dependences.

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jasonrobot

Nov 30, 2018

Needs adviceon

Elm

Elm Is pretty freakin rad. Not only is it's type system hugely helpful, but the framework backing the language is fantastic.

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Elm Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Elm?

npm

npm is the command-line interface to the npm ecosystem. It is battle-tested, surprisingly flexible, and used by hundreds of thousands of JavaScript developers every day.

Visual Studio

Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications.

IntelliJ IDEA

Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages.

Webpack

A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows to load parts for the application on demand. Through "loaders" modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

What is Elm?

Key Features

Elm Pros & Cons

Pros of Elm

Cons of Elm

Elm Integrations

Elm Discussions

Elm Alternatives & Comparisons

npm

Visual Studio

IntelliJ IDEA

Webpack

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