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.

1. Intro to Elm ConvergeSE 2017 Tim Whitacre @timwco
2. Who Am I? • Atlanta • The Iron Yard • Front-End Developer (mostly)
3. What, Why, How
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.
5. Why use Elm? • No Runtime Errors • Great Performance • Awesome Tooling • Friendly Error Messages • Fun to Write
6. Why use Elm? • Strongly Typed • Type Aliases • Union Types • Elm Format • Elm Package Manager
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.
8. How do I get started? • Install Elm • Repl, Reactor, Make, Package • Configure Your Editor • Sublime, Atom, VS Code, Emacs, Vim ...
9. Let's Code
10. Thank You bit.ly/cse-elm