Creating an Atom Plugin with Elm
github.com/mbylstra
Michael Bylstra
Elm is the ideal language
to write tooling for
simple syntax
100% type information
simple semantics
zero cruft
meaningful
types
General Inspiration
the time-travelling debugger (obviously)
elm-format
elm-analyse
create-elm-app
elm-light-table
*AKA extensions / plugins
language-elm
linter-elm-make
elmjutsu
Great Atom Packages*
now
future
Tooling Potential
now
future
Write plugins with standard web tech
Easy to get started
Packages ▶ Package Generator ▶ Generate Atom Package
JAVASCRIPT ● CSS ● HTML
Anyone can do it!
If you can use JS,
and Elm compiles to JS…
Why not use Elm?
Why NOT use Elm?
needs build step
“ports‘’ sound annoying
can't use built-in Atom JS widgets
still need some JS
React
Perfect Match?
Atom
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=
Invariant Violation: addComponentAsRefTo(...): Only a ReactOwner can have refs...
www.npmjs.com/package/react-for-atom
* might be fixed now?
*
elm
worth a shot!
+
=
atom
This is not a blank slide
The Elm side of JavaScript interop
The JavaScript side
Creating an Atom Plugin with Elm
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