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At the risk of hijacking this discussion, i feel like the BEAM needs a TypeScript/C#/Java like language much more urgently. Whenever I go from our Elixir backen
by skrebbel 4y ago
At the risk of hijacking this discussion, i feel like the BEAM needs a TypeScript/C#/Java like language much more urgently. Whenever I go from our Elixir backend to our TypeScript frontend I experience a sigh of relief because my editor tells me instantly whether what I type makes sense and why not.
- dangets 4y agoAre you only missing types? Gleam is supposed to be designed towards that: https://gleam.run/ https://gleam.run/
- weatherlight 4y agoGleam is kinda awesome :) the type system is more like Standard ML tha Java's, but the syntax should be familiar enough for anyone coming from a C like syntax. I feel the hard part about jumping from something like C# to something like Gleam isn't the syntax, it's learning the semantics. once you learn the semantics, it's easy to pickup new syntaxes, regardless of the language.
- rektide 4y agoShout out to the Gleam v0.28 thread from today, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35425855 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35425855
- rektide 4y agoI'd also love if dynamic/untyped languages would up their IDE game. I think much of the same badass code completion would be possible, if we have a live system with real objects to code against.