Don't Worry About Monads
summary
Claim: Elm lets teams ship front-end apps without needing to learn monads first — the compiler infers types and guides fixes. Demo builds include a working counter, an HTTP-backed GIF loader with JSON decoding and subscriptions for a ticking clock; effects run via commands and JavaScript ports for logging. Examples compile and run immediately, showing how the Elm architecture (model update view), the compiler, and basic HTTP/JSON tools produce usable production code the same night.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Start
- 5:09Syntax
- 7:50Type Definitions
- 8:57Union Types
- 12:03Switch Statements
- 14:35Partial Application
- 15:55Func Tools
- 16:45Higher-Order Functions
- 18:34Html
- 20:13Why Are They Called Product Types
- 21:25Shorthand Accessor
- 23:42Extensible Records
- 29:37Strings
- 35:20Fold Left and Fold Right
- 45:35Debugging
- 53:39Subscriptions
- 54:51Resources
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