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I have learned ELM and I have done React + Redux development, and I can say that I found learning and using former a lot easier than doing the latter. Probably
by splintercell 9y ago
I have learned ELM and I have done React + Redux development, and I can say that I found learning and using former a lot easier than doing the latter. Probably because react redux were trying to make me learn a new concept over existing knowledge of JS was, while Elm was easier to pick up because I entered with a mindset of learning a new language.
For those who are new to any kind of development, learning Elm would be no more different/difficult than learning react redux.
- ng12 9y agoI think that's only true if you're already familiar with Haskell-like languages. Elm-html is conceptually close to React/Redux so you basically have to learn it either way. Even knowing a few functional languages already it took a while for me achieve a basic level of competency with Elm. On the other hand someone who knows Java can pick up JS in an afternoon.
- Risord 9y agoI don't know. I felt sameway that elm was easier when I was learning Vue with all modern shiny stuff. I had done mostly C#/Java and some old school JS programming but none Haskell likes. It's hard to say which ones was easier since learning experiences were so different. Maybe learning took approximately same time but time was used with JS for googling and brute forcing things. On the other side Elm compiler just said "You probably did this common error ####. Try do ###" so learning was much more efficient since you know instantly what was wrong and why. I can certainly say that learning Elm was much more pleasant one for me.