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Jeremy Fairbank
April 20, 2018
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Codestock 2018: Building a Resilient, API-driven Front-End with Elm
Jeremy Fairbank
April 20, 2018
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Building a Resilient, API-driven Front-End with Elm Jeremy Fairbank @elpapapollo
@testdouble helps improves how the world build software. testdouble.com/agency
In beta now! bit.ly/programming-elm
const axios = require('axios') const fetchAlbum = name => axios.get(`/albums/${name}`)
.then(({ data }) => data) const printAlbum = ({ name, artists }) => console.log(`${name} by ${artists.join(' - ')}`)
const axios = require('axios') const fetchAlbum = name => axios.get(`/albums/${name}`)
.then(({ data }) => data) const printAlbum = ({ name, artists }) => console.log(`${name} by ${artists.join(' - ')}`)
const axios = require('axios') const fetchAlbum = name => axios.get(`/albums/${name}`)
.then(({ data }) => data) const printAlbum = ({ name, artists }) => console.log(`${name} by ${artists.join(' - ')}`)
fetchAlbum('blue train') .then(printAlbum) // undefined by John Coltrane
fetchAlbum('blue train') .then(printAlbum) // undefined by John Coltrane
{ "title": "Blue Train", "artists": ["John Coltrane"] } const printAlbum
= ({ name, artists }) => console.log(`${name} by ${artists.join(' - ')}`)
{ "title": "Blue Train", "artists": ["John Coltrane"] } const printAlbum
= ({ name, artists }) => console.log(`${name} by ${artists.join(' - ')}`)
const printAlbum = ({ title, artists }) => console.log(`${title} by
${artists.join(' - ‘)}`) fetchAlbum('blue train') .then(printAlbum) // Blue Train by John Coltrane
const printAlbum = ({ title, artists }) => console.log(`${title} by
${artists.join(' - ‘)}`) fetchAlbum('blue train') .then(printAlbum) // Blue Train by John Coltrane
const printAlbum = ({ title, artists }) => console.log(`${title} by
${artists.join(' - ‘)}`) fetchAlbum('blue train') .then(printAlbum) // Blue Train by John Coltrane
fetchAlbum('blue trane') .then(printAlbum)
fetchAlbum('blue trane') .then(printAlbum)
fetchAlbum('blue trane') .then(printAlbum)
fetchAlbum('blue trane') .then(printAlbum) .catch(e => console.error(e))
None
1. State management 2. Code organization 3. Data type guarantees
4. Null and undefined 5. JSON data contracts 6. Error handling 7. Primitive obsession Resiliency Problems
1. State management 2. Code organization 3. Data type guarantees
4. Null and undefined 5. JSON data contracts 6. Error handling 7. Primitive obsession Resiliency Problems
1. State management 2. Code organization 3. Data type guarantees
4. Null and undefined 5. JSON data contracts 6. Error handling 7. Primitive obsession Resiliency Problems
1. State management 2. Code organization 3. Data type guarantees
4. Null and undefined 5. JSON data contracts 6. Error handling 7. Primitive obsession Resiliency Problems
1. State management 2. Code organization 3. Data type guarantees
4. Null and undefined 5. JSON data contracts 6. Error handling 7. Primitive obsession Resiliency Problems
1. State management 2. Code organization 3. Data type guarantees
4. Null and undefined 5. JSON data contracts 6. Error handling 7. Primitive obsession Resiliency Problems
1. State management 2. Code organization 3. Data type guarantees
4. Null and undefined 5. JSON data contracts 6. Error handling 7. Primitive obsession Resiliency Problems
elm
Compiles to JavaScript
No runtime exceptions in practice.
No undefined is not a function
Back to our problems…
Update View Model Messages The Elm Architecture
Application State Model
Model Virtual DOM View UI as a Function
Messages Standardized application events
elm app model
elm app model Events Text Input Mouse Click Associate message
with event
elm app model Events Text Input Mouse Click When event
triggers (i.e. user clicks), deliver message
Update Model New Model Respond to messages and create new
state
model Update View
model Update View
model Update View VDOM
model Update View VDOM
model Update View Select red color
model Update View Select red color
model Update View Select red color
model Update View
model Update View
model Update View
model Update View VDOM
model Update View VDOM
Demo
None
The Elm Architecture 1. State management 2. Code organization
The Elm Architecture 1. State management 2. Code organization Static
Types 3. Data type guarantees
The Elm Architecture 1. State management 2. Code organization Static
Types 3. Data type guarantees Maybe 4. Null and undefined
The Elm Architecture 1. State management 2. Code organization Static
Types 3. Data type guarantees Maybe 4. Null and undefined JSON Decoders 5. JSON data contracts
The Elm Architecture 1. State management 2. Code organization Static
Types 3. Data type guarantees Maybe 4. Null and undefined JSON Decoders 5. JSON data contracts Result 6. Error handling
The Elm Architecture 1. State management 2. Code organization Static
Types 3. Data type guarantees Maybe 4. Null and undefined JSON Decoders 5. JSON data contracts Result 6. Error handling Explicit State / Union Types 7. Primitive obsession
Thanks! Jeremy Fairbank @elpapapollo Slides: bit.ly/resilient-elm-codestock Code: bit.ly/resilient-elm-code-codestock Book: bit.ly/programming-elm