2.4

Elm Platform

In the Installation section, we installed Elm Platform which bundles together all the tools we need to work with Elm. In this section, we will briefly go through those tools. As you work through each chapter in this book, you will gain more insight into them.

You’ll also notice that the term Elm will be used throughout the book to mean different things. Depending on the context it could mean any one of these:

  • Elm Programming Language
  • Elm Architecture
  • Elm Compiler
  • Elm Runtime

There is no harm in collectively calling them Elm, but it’s important to know what they really mean. The following sections will explain the difference between them.

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Architecture

Understand how the Elm Architecture helps us build robust front-end web applications
  1. 05 Elm Architecture
  2. Model View Update - Part 1
  3. Virtual DOM
  4. Model View Update - Part 2
  5. Side Effects
  6. Commands
  7. Conclusion
  8. 06 HTTP Requests
  9. Fetching Data Using GET
  10. Decoding JSON - Part 1
  11. Decoding JSON - Part 2
  12. RemoteData
  13. Retrieving Data on Initialization
  14. Conclusion
  15. 07 Single-Page Apps
  16. What is a Single-Page App?
  17. Restructuring Code
  18. Creating Post Module
  19. Creating List Posts Page
  20. Navigating to List Posts Page
  21. Editing a Post
  22. Deleting a Post
  23. Creating a New Post
  24. Conclusion
  25. 08 Interact with JavaScript
  26. Sending Data to JavaScript
  27. Subscriptions
  28. Receiving Data from JavaScript
  29. Protecting Boundaries between Elm and JavaScript
  30. Saving App State in Local Storage
  31. Retrieving App State from Local Storage
  32. Interacting with Web Components
  33. Conclusion
  34. Where To Go From Here?
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