How to Create a New Elm 0.19 App from Scratch

[nelsonic]

We need to:

• Document how to create a new Elm App from Scratch in Elm 0.19
• How to start thinking about a new application? e.g: "Make Data Structures" "Make Data Structures" by Richard Feldman #120
• Define the optimal workflow with;
  • Live Reloading
  • Debugging

[nelsonic]

https://elm-lang.org/0.19.0/init

[ashishsc]

Do you think it's worth directing readers to a third-party helper like https://github.com/halfzebra/create-elm-app ?

[nelsonic]

@ashishsc good question and thanks for adding the link. ❤️
create-elm-app is a good project and all those involved should keep up the great work! 👍
the creator of the project shared it in: #54 (comment) and we took a look at the time. 🔍
It's useful for people who are unsure what they need in a project and offers decent defaults. ✅

My reasoning for not using create-elm-app is that I don't need several of the bundled "features". e.g: I definitely don't need 180mb of "babel" to run/build an Elm app. 🙄
And if I'm building a guide for complete beginners, I don't feel that giving them a "kitchen sink" is an effective way of learning. It's more likely to overwhelm than elucidate.
I don't need Autoprefixer either if I'm using Tachyons or Elm-UI.

If I could have a "create PETE app" that included all the elements in our "Extended Stack" dwyl/technology-stack#67 that is what I would use because it would give my app a massive "head start".
However, for the purposes of a "beginner" Elm App, I feel that "PETE" is overkill.
I'm busy writing an Elm App / Tutorial and will be including the instructions for creating an Elm App with the bare minimum files for Testing, Debugging, Hot-reloading (including ports) on connected devices and PWA browser / web worker / cache clearing.

Ultimately, I feel this is a matter of "taste", some people prefer other tools from what I have chosen.
Thanks for sharing/asking. ✨

[ashishsc]

That makes sense to me!