Comment by hshdhdhehd
Comment by hshdhdhehd 2 days ago
Elm programming language. Arguably not dead but somewhat incomplete and not actively worked on.
Comment by hshdhdhehd 2 days ago
Elm programming language. Arguably not dead but somewhat incomplete and not actively worked on.
A few commits recently.
There are lots of competing MLs you can use instead:
- F# (Fable)
- ReasonML
- OCaml (Bucklescript)
- Haskell
- PureScript
IMO the problem with Elm was actually The Elm Architecture.
A simple UI programming pattern, with a circular, unidirectional data flow. It is very rigid by design, to be side-effect free, functional, unidirectional:
https://guide.elm-lang.org/architecture/
I'm no frontend guy, but I think it did/was inspire(d) react (redux?) maybe. Corrections on this very welcome
Correct - Elm was one of several inspirations for Redux:
- https://redux.js.org/understanding/history-and-design/prior-...
Yes it was too rigid. Too much boiler plate. The design space of functional UI is still being explored.
Try the Roc language https://www.roc-lang.org/
It's at a very early stage of development but looks promising