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Intro to Elm

Intro to Elm

Elm is a functional language that compiles to HTML & JavaScript and is growing in popularity. With it’s ability to be dropped into even the largest JavaScript application, it’s something that I think we’ll see more and more of over the coming years.

Tim Whitacre

June 16, 2017
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  1. Intro to Elm
    ConvergeSE 2017
    Tim Whitacre
    @timwco

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  2. Who Am I?
    • Atlanta
    • The Iron Yard
    • Front-End Developer (mostly)

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  3. What, Why, How

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  4. What is Elm?
    • Elm is a functional language that compiles to JavaScript.
    • Created by Evan Czaplicki in 2012
    • Focuses on simplicity, ease-of-use, and quality tooling.
    • Replaces other frameworks, like React and Angular.

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  5. Why use Elm?
    • No Runtime Errors
    • Great Performance
    • Awesome Tooling
    • Friendly Error Messages
    • Fun to Write

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  6. Why use Elm?
    • Strongly Typed
    • Type Aliases
    • Union Types
    • Elm Format
    • Elm Package Manager

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  7. How do I get started?
    • Is Elm right for me or my project?
    • The correct path is to first use Elm in a small experiment. If the
    experiment goes bad, stop it! If it goes great, expand the
    experiment a bit more.

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  8. How do I get started?
    • Install Elm
    • Repl, Reactor, Make, Package
    • Configure Your Editor
    • Sublime, Atom, VS Code, Emacs, Vim ...

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  9. Let's Code

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  10. Thank You
    bit.ly/cse-elm

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