Here's a video of me on @benmyers.dev's YouTube channel giving an introduction to Elm syntax if you're interested!

youtu.be/flUASpYouEw?...

It's something that takes some getting used to, but it does eventually make sense. Part of what makes it work is that all variables are basically functions, just some have parameters and others don't.

I honestly really love the syntax, but it's definitely not for everyone!

I really need to try some more Python.

On the Elm stuff, I think it's a blessing and a curse that it's so stable. So many things just don't need to be updated since the language hasn't changed in years.

The community is still going, but some resources fell down in the meantime 😕

I've been interested in trying ReScript, I just haven't taken the plunge yet. I like that it offers a good escape hatch into JS, and it's built so that you could use it full stack (something I'm always watching for in a language)

Python is one that's been on my list for awhile, but I haven't dug in yet. The syntax looks really nice though (reminds me slightly of Elm).

I don't work with Elm professionally any more, but it taught me valuable lessons about architecting apps to last.

Now it's your turn!

It took me a few tries to get into it, but eventually I got past the barrier of all the differences and discovered a language that helped me build the app I was trying to build. I made more progress on that app at a faster pace, because I could rely on the language to have my back.

My favorite is Elm. I started with HTML, CSS, and PHP, and eventually got into Javascript. When I heard about Elm, it fascinated me.

No runtime errors?
Functional programming?
Friendly, helpful errors?

That sounded amazing! But the syntax was really weird, since it's not based on C.