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Elm for React developers (CC BY-ND 2.0) by jeremy_norbury

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“A delightful language for reliable webapps.”

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Functional Language Statically Typed Compiling to JavaScript

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Looks like Haskell … but simpler

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TEA (CC BY 2.0) by h0lydevil

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Elm

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Model Elm init

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Model Html Elm view init

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Model Html Elm view init Msg

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Model Html Elm view init Msg update Msg

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Looks familiar?

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Looks familiar?

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It gets even better

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Model Html Elm view init Msg update Msg

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Model Html Elm view init Msg update Msg Cmd

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Model Html Elm view init Msg update Msg Cmd Cmd

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Model Html Elm view init Msg update Msg World Cmd Cmd

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Model Html Elm view init Msg update Msg World Cmd run Cmd Cmd

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Model Html Elm view init Msg update Msg World Cmd run Cmd Cmd Msg

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Model Html Elm view init Msg update Msg World Sub Msg Cmd run Cmd Cmd Msg

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Runtime Errors (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) by Leo Reynolds

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But we have tests, right?

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Yet sometimes it just happens…

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At least the messages are helpful!

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No undefined in Elm No null in Elm

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Elm has Union Types

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type Bool = True | False

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type Maybe a = Nothing | Just a

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type UserData = NotLoggedIn | LoggedIn User

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Type inference name = “Joe"

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name : String Type inference name = “Joe"

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It’s a sort of test leftPad : Int -> Char -> String -> String

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It’s a sort of test leftPad : Int -> Char -> String -> String leftPad count char original = -- implementation

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# Runtime Errors in Elm

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# Runtime Errors in Elm 0

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=== Static Types Compile Errors

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Bonus Cyclic Dependencies

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-- Draggable.elm import Draggable.Events -- Events/Draggable.elm import Draggable

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SEMVER (CC BY 2.0) by seb314fr

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It offers guarantees… (CC BY 2.0) by Arek Olek

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It offers guarantees… (CC BY 2.0) by Arek Olek Theoretically…

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Meanwhile in JS Land… (CC BY-SA 2.0) by andrew_cosand

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Not possible in Elm Land

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Enforced SEMVER

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module Draggable.Events exposing ( onDragStart , onDragBy , onDragEnd , onClick , onMouseDown )

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module Draggable.Events exposing ( onDragStart , onDragBy -- , onDragEnd , onClick , onMouseDown )

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Diff makes it explicit

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Still, I just feel like doing a today PATCH (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Sunilkk

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Tough luck!

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Great…

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…but our app is in React

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Include Elm as a import Elm from 'react-elm-components'; import { ElmApp } from ‘./build/elm.js';

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…but I need to send data to Elm

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Add flags const flags = { url: API_URL}

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…still, I need more inter-op

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Use ports Cmd Sub

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What if we already have reusable React components?

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Use redux-elm-middleware Cmd Sub dispatch setState

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Example https://github.com/zaboco/elm-and-react

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Resources Oficial guide egghead.io course Elm-conf 2016 videos Elm town podcast

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Thanks! @zaboco Bogdan Zaharia Developer @ Hootsuite