Elm Bits

My first days and weeks with Elm were painful. Embracing the unknown is hard, and moving from the cozy environment like Python and React to the rough waters of functional programming was like the first bungee or parachute jumps for me. Why do it if the demand for Python, Java,…

ReadingElm community is continuing to discuss the highly controversial post by Luke. While some (or many) people say this causes a lot of harm to the language and community, I personally think it doesn't. I still consider myself a beginner Elm programmer and more of a lurker here, but my…

Reading"Why am I leaving Elm?" - this is probably the most controversial blog post I've seen in Elm, and I would say it in a positive way because it caused a lot of discussions and allowed people to share different opinions. I think I agree with some points Luke…

ReadingIn his two-part (part 1, part 2) series Deedo is writing about his experience and getting started with Elm, Parcel, and Tailwind CSS. This is a great intro for beginners, and also if you've never heard of Parcel or Tailwind. Parcel is being actively developed and has a growing community…

It's great to see more people coming to Elm and share their  explorations. Andreas Kroepelin has a very detailed writeup about his  experience creating a simple card game. Link Ryan Frazier is writing a series of posts about implementing a  calculator in Elm. Going from the initial idea, to project…

Every 5th issue of Elm Bits is about some specific topic. You can see the previous one about forms. If you're planning to use a language in production then testing is one of the core requirements, and unfortunately the official guide doesn't suggest anything. This issue is all about testing…