This is the backbone of a web application written in the Elm language (https://elm-lang.org/). This loop happens every time something happen. The “something” is converted to a message (Msg) and sent… (more…)

Or more specifically, I gave a presentation about the program that the tweet referenced, as it compared to a program written in a different language that implemented the same “specification.” Along… (more…)

I’m a big fan of GraphQL and I’d like to explore how to use it in Elm. With a statically typed language (like Elm) we should be able to achieve very nice things, such as using a DSL to write queries and determine their correctness at compile time. We’ll i... (more…)

UPDATE: adding a sentence for clarity after feedback from someone: I don’t think the issue is kernel code. I think the issue is that the Web platform support is small currently, and there’s a large barrier for community contribution to it, and this causes... (more…)

At NoRedInk we have one of the largest Elm apps in the world. It serves millions of teachers and students, and our frontend code is almost exclusively written in Elm. In this post, we will explore the structure of our codebase and the patterns that we use... (more…)