For sure! :D
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016, 2:51 PM OvermindDL1 <[email protected]> wrote:
> That is quite true, taking only the parts the function needs via matching
> out `{ parts, of, a, model }` is quite nice and extendable as needed. :-)
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3:30:46 PM UTC-6, Richard Feldman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 11:43:49 AM UTC-7, OvermindDL1 wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 11:24:22 AM UTC-6, Richard Feldman wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You are on the road to #2, so my macro-level suggestion would be to go
>>>> back to #1. :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> #1 also ends up making utterly *huge* model and message unions though,
>>> with extremely non-reusable parts. :-)
>>>
>>
>> Regarding re-usable parts, I definitely recommend making things reusable
>> on an as-needed basis. Splitting out a helper function takes about two
>> seconds. ;)
>>
>> As for big models, they are easy to maintain in Elm. *I highly recommend
>> big models!*
>>
>> At work we have 36,000 LoC of production Elm. One of our most complicated
>> pages has a Model with 55 fields in it, and a Msg with 40 type
>> constructors, and it feels *nice to maintain*. A year ago it was a bunch
>> of nested React components and everyone dreaded touching it. Now we make
>> changes to it all the time and it's no big deal.
>>
>> Having that big a Model and that big a Msg sounds like it ought to be
>> painful, but in practice, it's actually great. We don't talk about
>> splitting it up because there's no pain point. I understand the reflex to
>> eagerly split things up, but as counterintuitive as it sounds, I think it's
>> the exact opposite of what leads to a good experience in Elm. :)
>>
>> "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a good mantra here.
>>
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