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Re:IBM releases Elm-powered app by cttet on Thursday January 10, 2019 @01:43AM (#18872007)
This was also the thing that attracted me to Elm years ago. But at that time Elm doesn't have a CSS module yet. Now with Elm-UI, it is like my dream HTML/CSS replacement.

However that was all for static UI though. Writing Elm app is still a pain if you are not a Javascript expert. Elm's implementation of the web API is minimal and the progress is extremely slow. In addition, most function that's in libraries in Javascript's ecosystem can not be directly used as you have to write Ports, which requires a lot of Javascript experience.

Re:IBM releases Elm-powered app by hellofunk on Thursday January 10, 2019 @05:04AM (#18872733)
Elm-UI is in a questionable state. Their github page originally said it was no longer maintained. Now they acknowledge that they are struggling to update to the latest version of Elm which caused many syntax breakages.
Re:IBM releases Elm-powered app by korla on Thursday January 10, 2019 @06:23AM (#18873085)
It looks like it is no longer maintained: https://github.com/gdotdesign/elm-ui/issues/100
Re:IBM releases Elm-powered app by nhanb on Thursday January 10, 2019 @06:59AM (#18873238)
cttet probably meant this: https://github.com/mdgriffith/elm-ui
Re:IBM releases Elm-powered app by cttet on Friday January 11, 2019 @12:33AM (#18881247)
As nhanb mentioned I meant https://github.com/mdgriffith/elm-ui. There is a great talk about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie-gqwSHQr0