Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up quickly in 2018?

Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up ... by dorian-graph on Sunday June 03, 2018 @12:54PM (#17220424)

> As an example I once ported an Elm project to Clojurescript and it was a 4x reduction in lines.

I'm curious to hear more about this. I'm someone who's used Elm at work, and on the side is interested in Lisp.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up ... by hellofunk on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:05AM (#17225273)

I think it is much easier to get real-world nontrivial work done in Clojurescript compared to Elm.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up ... by dorian-graph on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:07PM (#17230397)

Can you go into any more specifics? I'm genuinely interested! Do you think it'll stay true as Elm matures?

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up ... by hellofunk on Monday June 04, 2018 @06:05PM (#17233046)

Personally I think Elm is dying. It relies on a single language designer who works very very slowly. Since Elm came on the scene, vibrant languages with static typing for the front end have sprouted up and are better alternatives, like ReasonML if you want a language with static guarantees and workflow.

Elm could have been something, but I don’t expect it gain any mindshare, and the boat has sailed.

Clojurescript is a dynamic language, with easy JS interop and nearly zero boilerplate, so I still think it is the fastest route to a production app.

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