elm course

* Day One - Morning

** Why Elm
*** The Javascript Problem
**** Evolution of JS Libraries
***** jQuery
***** Backbone
***** ExtJS
***** Angular
***** React

**** Attempts to improve Javascript
***** JSLint
***** CoffeeScript
***** The Clojure Compiler
***** TypeScript / ClojureScript
***** Flow - https://flowtype.org/



** Intro To elm
*** The Elm Tools
**** elm-reactor
**** elm-make
***** Invoking Elm
****** Full screen
****** With Flags
****** in a div
****** Headless
**** elm-package
**** the elm project file
**** Structure of an Elm Project
**** elm-oracle

** Exercise 1  -- Elm reactor hello world

*** Elm Syntax
**** Creating a module
**** Importing functions and types
**** Types part 1
***** Simple Types
***** Union Types
***** Defining Types
***** Type inference
***** Records

****** Exercise 2 --

**** Defining Functions
***** type declarations on functions
***** Infix functions
**** if then else / case
***** If must have else
***** Case - all branches
***** Underscore and Debug Crash
***** Exercise 3 - IF and case
**** let / in

**** Maybe
***** Exercise - Dealing with Null
**** Debug.log and Debug.crash
**** Pipelines



* Day One - Afternoon

** Simple Architecture
*** The Model
*** The View
*** The Update Function
** Events
** Rendering Html & Css

* Day Two - Morning

** Elm Architecture in Depth
*** Side Effects
*** Init Data
**** Passing initial data to a program

*** Tasks
**** Creating side effects
**** Chaining tasks

*** Ajax
**** Encoding and decoding json
***** JSON Encoders and Decoders
***** The NoRedInk Tool
**** Using HTTP
**** Events
**** Result

* Day Two - Afternoon

*** Ports
**** Speaking to things outside of Elm
**** Example Google Analytics

*** Subscriptions
**** Tick
**** Window Resize

*** Nesting Components
**** First rule - DON'T
**** Mapping events
**** The 3 tuple return value

*** Navigation & Routing
**** Creating URL Updates
**** Handling URL Updates

* Day Three - Testing and Validation
** elm-test
*** Running elm-test in the browser
*** Running elm-test in phantomjs
*** Running elm-test in node.js
*** Building tests
*** Test suites
** elm-check
*** Setting up properties
*** Running properties in elm-check
*** Testing the update function
** TDD In Elm (Test and type driven development)

* Day Three Afternoon -- Code Workshop
** Where to learn more