Why? about learn-elm HOT 4 OPEN

@rgoomar wrote a really good article titled: "Why I think Elm is the Future of Front End Development":
https://medium.com/@rgoomar/why-i-think-elm-is-the-future-of-front-end-development-21e9b091fa05
Worth a read (and a "clap") 😉

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I feel this issue deserves a comprehensive update for 2019.
I plan to write an extended "essay" on Why I Still Pick Elm in 2019 similar to: dwyl/learn-elixir#102
If you are interested in helping out in any way, please leave a comment with your thoughts.
Thanks! ✨

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Learning JavaScript 2008 - 2014:

(there used to be a lot less to learn before you could be ship! and people/teams shipped!)

JavaScript in 2016:

https://twitter.com/YDKJS/status/680073467299889152

Arguably people learning JS now have considerably more to learn due to the "convenience" of ES6
( import, ->, ..., let, const, async, promise class, default, etc...)
and the noise generated by "Classical" coders writing JS as if it were Java
(class Container extends React.Component ... yeah, thanks Facebook, the "0ld" way sucked!)

"They "trust me". Dumb fucks." https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

Which is why we think focussing on using on the goodparts of JS is still a _good idea_ if you need to write JS code.
But there really is no point trying to "convince" people (who have not been "burned" by bugs in production) not to use ES6 features which are a "Standard" ...

it's really much easier to encourage people who are already excited about learning Elm rather than keep trying to tell people to write less ES6/front-end-focussed code.

See: Toward vs. Away (Motivation) "Meta Pattern": https://youtu.be/qDfPPViyxXA

as @rtfeldman put it in his 6 Months of Elm in Production talk: https://youtu.be/R2FtMbb-nLs?t=47m36s

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At the time of writing, the entire Elm ("Official") Guide written by @evancz and improved by the elm community is (only) _111 pages_ (less than "JavaScript The Good Parts") and it has much better examples: https://guide.elm-lang.org/

The entire GitBook can be downloaded with a single click (e.g. for offline reading) by visiting:
https://www.gitbook.com/book/evancz/an-introduction-to-elm/details
and clicking on the download button:

snapshot: an-introduction-to-elm.pdf (though I recommend getting a "fresh" copy for latest changes!)

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