Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Elm?
by Chadtech_ on Saturday February 11, 2023 @05:21PM
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You don't need native code to be productive in Elm. Elm is perfectly useable without it. Use of native code was not widespread before 0.19 anyway.
I would know. I was working on a large native code project that was killed by 0.19. It sucked for me that my project could not continue, but, I can't say that it has made much of a practical difference when it comes to making software applications. My project was called "elm-canvas" and it was about providing canvas support. Since 0.19, other people have found implementations of the HTML canvas element that do not rely on native code (Like Joakin's great 'elm-canvas' https://github.com/joakin/elm-canvas). For my own HTML canvas based software projects, I have been able to find my own non-native code implementations that work pretty well.
So, I think I faced a disproportionate amount of this problem, and I can't even say it has made much of a difference to my own productivity in Elm (and I have written a lot of Elm).
I would know. I was working on a large native code project that was killed by 0.19. It sucked for me that my project could not continue, but, I can't say that it has made much of a practical difference when it comes to making software applications. My project was called "elm-canvas" and it was about providing canvas support. Since 0.19, other people have found implementations of the HTML canvas element that do not rely on native code (Like Joakin's great 'elm-canvas' https://github.com/joakin/elm-canvas). For my own HTML canvas based software projects, I have been able to find my own non-native code implementations that work pretty well.
So, I think I faced a disproportionate amount of this problem, and I can't even say it has made much of a difference to my own productivity in Elm (and I have written a lot of Elm).