CoRecursive: Coding Stories

Story: We are teaching Functional Programming Wrong

Aug 3, 2020
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INSIGHT

Elm Transforms Refactoring Experience

  • Elm's type inference aids an unprecedented refactoring and maintenance experience.
  • This benefit far outweighed Richard's initial expectation that it was just Java without ceremony.
ANECDOTE

Elm Adoption at Work

  • Richard introduced Elm at work after experiencing difficulties maintaining a React-based project with frequent redesigns.
  • Elm's strong compiler and refactoring tools promised improved productivity and fewer bugs in iteration cycles.
INSIGHT

Elm's Huge Front-End Leap

  • Richard ranks jQuery, React, and Elm as the three major milestones in front-end web development.
  • He views the leap from React to Elm as more significant than from jQuery to React.
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