Basically dead. The core hasn’t been touched publicly since 2022, and the package ecosystem is closed. People will argue that it’s still usable but the fork ROC has more traction.
We don’t use it though. Elm 0.19.1 just works. New packages and plenty of support. It’s difficult to comprehend in a world of endless updates that maybe something doesn’t need updates.
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Tyche [0] is another cool tool for addressing the same problem, visualizing the PBT distribution but not making assertions about it.
[0] https://github.com/tyche-pbt/tyche-extension
Anybody has an accurate view of the current status?
https://www.roc-lang.org/
I'm a backend developer by trade. Because of Elm, I take every opportunity to do frontend. Elm made me love frontend.
Yes, there are things that are missing. Web sockets? Tough luck, it's ports! Or maybe you don't need web sockets.
I'd take Elm over the alternatives (cough React cough) anytime without hesitation.
https://github.com/lamdera/compiler
We don’t use it though. Elm 0.19.1 just works. New packages and plenty of support. It’s difficult to comprehend in a world of endless updates that maybe something doesn’t need updates.