6 useful Elm packages for your web app
Making a web application in Elm?
Here are a few community libraries that are useful in almost any web application project you might be writing:
π Pipeline JSON decoding
https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/NoRedInk/elm-json-decode-pipeline/latest
Even if your application uses a GraphQL API, you’ll likely need to decode JSON at some point.
NoRedInk’s library makes decoders easier to write by taking advantage of pipeline application.
π Dict with keys of any type
https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/pzp1997/assoc-list/latest/AssocList
The built-in Dict
type only supports keys with comparable
types. This package allows for keys of any type you use or define.
π½ Set with keys of any type
https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/erlandsona/assoc-set/latest/
Similar to the above, but for Set
sβgreat if you need unique value constraints and/or combination and intersection features.
π― Number formatting
https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/ggb/numeral-elm/latest/
An advanced number-formatting package with multiple language support. Has the same features as Numeral.js.
π Date formatting
https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/ryannhg/date-format/latest
A flexible date-formatting package with clearly named functions that make naming options easier to understand. Has the same features as Moment.js.
π Time distance in words
https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/gingko/time-distance/latest/Time-Distance
An easy-to-use package that provides time distance in words with multiple language support.
This post was originally a Twitter thread as part of Ship 30 for 30.