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Love the concept. But please don't use fonts with ligatures in code snippets on the homepage. Especially when these code examples are actually screenshots whic
by lf-non 8y ago
Love the concept.
But please don't use fonts with ligatures in code snippets on the homepage.
Especially when these code examples are actually screenshots which people can't copy.
Ligatures may be "obvious" to developers already familiar with the syntax of the language, but can make things very confusing for beginners, esp. in FP languages that lean heavily on operators etc.
I am really glad that the docs/roadmap etc. are on Github. Github is really the gold standard when it comes to programmer friendly aesthetics.
- qop 8y agoMaybe this isn't targeting new users, then. His preferences supersede your sensibilities since its his website, don't you think?
- c3534l 8y agoMeh. You can reasonably expect someone interested in this project would have at least some passing understanding of functional programming, if not the niche of programming Elm and Elixir are trying to fill. In which case arrows and lambdas should be fine. Even if you're a C++ developer, you've seen arrows drawn in some capacity, I can't imagine what confusion using an arrow could possibly cause.
- Jarwain 8y agoThe confusion, which may not apply for a savvy developer, would arise from somehow believing that the unicode arrow (→) is being used and not the hyphen-greater-than-sign (->) arrow.
- c3534l 8y agoHow hard is it to look it up if you find yourself willing to learn the language? I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than an insignificant nit-pick.
- wende 8y agoThat's a good idea. I've never thought about it this way Thank you for a valuable input