Making a game with Elm and Lamdera by Martin Stewart
https://youtu.be/pZ_WqwRwwao?si=7cQma85K67s3LCN2

https://redd.it/16he1qg
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Elm Town 67 – Breaking things down with Gingko Writer

Hey folks! In Elm Town this week, we’re visiting with Adriano Ferrari about how Elm allows him to solely support Gingko Writer and make progress on new projects while also homeschooling.

Elm Town 67 – Breaking things down with Gingko Writer:

[https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-67-breaking-things-down-with-gingko-writer](https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-67-breaking-things-down-with-gingko-writer)
https://youtu.be/Z5DLL9WboBE

https://redd.it/179yhkc
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Best place/way to learn how to code graphics in elm

I’m meant to code slides for a book presentation in elm and add some cool graphics and animations. Aside from the documentation is there any other resource I could use to help me get better at this?

https://redd.it/17froak
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I wish I knew how to quit you, Elm

Every time I leave Elm and go to other supposedly modern frontend frameworks, I find myself yearning for relative simplicity of Elm code.

I’ve been developing parallel codebases in Svelte and Elm and I’ve been A/B testing both with various users. Svelte with TypeScript is ok but I much prefer the exhaustive type-checking of Elm.

One major issue with Elm that I’ve been encountering is bad interactions with browser plugins. I found this in particular with people who have Grammarly installed. Internally the compiled Elm code is super hardened but there’s something about the Grammarly (and other) plugins that cause the Elm app to start having runtime errors. Once that happens, the Elm app basically stops functioning.

The equivalent Svelte code does occasionally have runtime errors but it recovers a lot more gracefully.

It would be nice to be able to tell users to turn off browser plugins but that’s not really realistic.

Does anyone have any thoughts on either:
- how to make Elm work better with these janky browser plugins
- how to make the Svelte developer experience “feel” more like Elm

https://redd.it/17g4vne
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Elm app deployment to VPS

Hi!


I'm new in the land of Elm :)


I created simple app and decided to deploy it to my VPS. I'm doing that using the followind command:


elm-live src/MySuperCoolApp.elm --host=<my_host> --start-page=index.html -- --optimize --output=build/elm.js > /dev/null &

Do you recommend such approach? I've read that \`elm-live\` is \*DEV\* server. OTOH it could use \`elm-make\` commands and on the \`elm-make\` guide I've found \`--optimize\` flag which is crafted for production...


I don't want to use any build tools from JS ecosystem or any Elm framework.


Best!

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We're on the hunt for a suitable venue for Elm Camp 2024, and need your help!

We're on the hunt for a suitable venue for Elm Camp 2024, and need your help! If you know of a location, are interested in sponsoring, or have anything else you'd like us to know please fill out the following survey https://forms.gle/ZdNEVFZiZWXCJmLYA.

https://redd.it/17jfue1
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Elm Town 68 – Shared joy with Mario Rogic

In the latest transmission from Elm Town and beyond, Mario Rogic shares his journeys, both physically around the world and strategically, as he built & rebuilt Lamdera.

Elm Town 68 – Shared joy with Mario Rogic:

[https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-68-shared-joy-with-mario-rogic](https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-68-shared-joy-with-mario-rogic)
https://youtu.be/GtKFr2DVHRw

https://redd.it/17kkwov
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🎙 Elm Radio 093: elm-visualization with Jakub Hampl
https://elm-radio.com/episode/elm-visualization

https://redd.it/17ek5r7
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Can I declare variables that I obtain by destructuring a tuple?

I'm very strict with myself concerning declaring variables and functions before defining them. For example, I try not to write

let
absVal x = if x < 0 then -x else x
in
List.map absVal myList

but would always do

let
absVal: Float -> Float
absVal x = if x < 0 then -x else x
in
List.map absVal myList

(Context: I teach programming at a university and want the students to be strict with this, too).

But there is a context in which this does not seem possible: when using immediate deconstruction, like with tuples. For example:

modulo5and7 : Int -> (Int, Int)
modulo5and7 x = (modBy 5 x, modBy 7 x)

y : Int
y =
let
(r1, r2) = modulo5and7 n
in
r1 + r2 -- doesn't have any specific meaning; just to illustrate a point

I like that we can catch and deconstruct a tuple via (r1, r2) = some_expression but then the reader has to use lots of context to figure out which types r1 and r2 are. I know I could just add a comment; but that would for example not help the compiler to spot an error.

Is there an "official" way to declare r1 and r2 and still assign them values through (r1, r2) = some_expression? I know I could do

pair : ( Int, Int )
pair =
modulo5and7 n

( r1, r2 ) =
pair

but that doesn't strike me as particularly elegant...

Any suggestions?

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https://redd.it/16hi51p
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🎙 Elm Radio 094: elm-concurrent-task with Andrew MacMurray
https://elm-radio.com/episode/elm-concurrent-task

https://redd.it/17p2k72
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🎙 Elm Radio 090: elm-land with Ryan Haskell-Glatz
https://elm-radio.com/episode/elm-land

https://redd.it/16fusbh
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State of Elm 2023 Survey

Hi all – for those who aren't on / missed it on Discourse/Slack/Discord/Twitter, the State of Elm 2023 survey is up!


Discourse announcement: https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/state-of-elm-2023/9307

Survey: https://state-of-elm.com/2023

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https://redd.it/16dl9as
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Elm Town 69 – A vision for tooling with Simon Lydell

This week in Elm Town, Simon Lydell tells his origin story from Firefox power user to full-time Elm engineer. Then we talk about his work in the community building tools & contributing to core.

Elm Town 69 – A vision for tooling with Simon Lydell:

[https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-69-a-vision-for-tooling-with-simon-lydell](https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-69-a-vision-for-tooling-with-simon-lydell)
https://youtu.be/JUngn-BzHFg

https://redd.it/17vyi65
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Elm Town 64 – The network effect

Martin Stewart comes back to share his experience using Elm and Lamdera to make all the things, from games to professional apps.

[https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-64-the-network-effect](https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-64-the-network-effect)
https://youtu.be/5AHa8zGgoLw

He even made https://state-of-elm.com/2023 with Elm & Lamdera!

https://redd.it/16b1xv5
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The unbearable weight of glue by Mario Rogic | Lambda Days 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkiooBCkA_0

https://redd.it/180lrdp
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🎙 Elm Radio 095: elm-open-api with Wolfgang Schuster
https://elm-radio.com/episode/elm-open-api

https://redd.it/17zo6i0
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Elm Town 70 – Getting out of the basement with Jim Carlson

In Elm Town 70, Jim Carlson shares his discoveries in software development through the people he's met in the community and the projects he's building. We also discuss how a history in mathematics shapes his work.

Elm Town 70 – Getting out of the basement with Jim Carlson:

[https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-70-getting-out-of-the-basement-with-jim-carlson](https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-70-getting-out-of-the-basement-with-jim-carlson)
https://youtu.be/kToYbuBTLPo

https://redd.it/1869bfw
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🎙 Elm Radio 089: The Human Side of Open Source
https://elm-radio.com/episode/human-side-of-open-source

https://redd.it/163uzrz
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🎙 Elm Radio 096: Optimizing Bundle Size
https://elm-radio.com/episode/bundle-size

https://redd.it/18awsv9
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Elm Town 71 – Embracing wins with Lindsay Wardell

This week in Elm Town, Lindsay Wardell tells how she persevered to write her own story as a programmer and shares her views on JavaScript frameworks & fatigue.

Elm Town 71 – Embracing wins with Lindsay Wardell:

[https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-71-embracing-wins-with-lindsay-wardell](https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-71-embracing-wins-with-lindsay-wardell)
https://youtu.be/dhULK5M0QiA

https://redd.it/18gzstd
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