Re:TypeScript Seals My Penchant for JavaScript
by winter_blue on Friday September 30, 2016 @07:10AM
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> the increased difficulty to debug the code compared to js
Elm has an amazing time-traveling debugging system: http://debug.elm-lang.org/ This is a cut above pretty much every other front-end JS framework, and languages that transpile to JS.
> the lack of third party libraries
It has JavaScript interop that's based around message-passing. The JS library is treated sort of like a service, and thus the Elm code is kept isolated from it: https://guide.elm-lang.org/interop/javascript.html
> the increased difficulty to find good training courses for new junior developers you hire
The official docs are pretty good. A good programmer shouldn't have a trouble picking it up. The architectural benefits of using Elm (that lead to a high-quality, almost zero bugs website) is IMO worth it.
Elm has an amazing time-traveling debugging system: http://debug.elm-lang.org/ This is a cut above pretty much every other front-end JS framework, and languages that transpile to JS.
> the lack of third party libraries
It has JavaScript interop that's based around message-passing. The JS library is treated sort of like a service, and thus the Elm code is kept isolated from it: https://guide.elm-lang.org/interop/javascript.html
> the increased difficulty to find good training courses for new junior developers you hire
The official docs are pretty good. A good programmer shouldn't have a trouble picking it up. The architectural benefits of using Elm (that lead to a high-quality, almost zero bugs website) is IMO worth it.