The Elm Programming Language With Corey Haines
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Guest
Corey Haines: CTO of Hearken, creator of code retreats, and author of Understanding the Four Rules of Simple Design.
Summary
Want to build great front-end apps without having to deal with the entire JavaScript ecosystem? Corey Haines joins the show to talk about Elm, a front-end language and framework that is type safe, has great build tools, and a full-fledged MVC framework to create client interactions with less hassle. Corey has been using Elm to build the site for his company, Hearken, and talks about why he picked it, and what has made Elm a success for them.
For More Info
We've got a blog post relating to the code examples in this episode, you can find it at https://medium.com/table-xi/union-types-in-elm-fb6a974ec427.
Notes
02:25 - What is Hearken?
05:14 - The Elm Programming Language
08:06 - The Type System and The Compiler
21:27 - Elm as a Framework
26:16 - Deciding to use Elm
28:37 - Elm: Gotchas and Technical Limitations?
32:37 - Styling and Working with Designers
35:45 - The Elm Community
37:14 - Getting Started with Elm
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