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The Why and When of Choosing Elm

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Ossi Hanhinen @ohanhi


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This is a quick overview of why and when you should consider choosing Elm over JavaScript.

What is Elm?

JS gets more complex, Elm gets simpler

(Summary of the table)

Lean development is continuous refactoring

Learning a completely new language may sound like a huge investment, but:

Elm has incredible upsides

What about the “bus factor”, what if Elm’s development was dropped?

Elm is a poor fit for things like

Elm is great for

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