Thank you! I've looked at typescript a bit and I am strongly biased toward statically typed PLs but I suppose I'll have to sort out whether or not it gets over the "helps them get an opportunity" bar. Is it really reasonably mainstream? I'll look into it. Thank you for the suggestion. Bob
On Monday, November 21, 2016 at 6:26:56 PM UTC-5, Martin DeMello wrote: > > How about teaching it in typescript + react? Typescript is way better than > vanilla javascript, while still being reasonably mainstream and not too > different-looking. > > martin > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Robert Muller <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm teaching a full-semester course on Web Apps this spring. It's my >> first time through so I have a lot to learn. I'm a long-time functional >> programmer (mostly ML: SML & OCaml). If I wasn't worried about my students >> getting jobs and internships the choice would be obvious: I'd teach Elm! >> But the students are taking the course to get jobs and internships and I >> have to respect that so I'm looking for advice. >> A couple of former students in industry tell me that I definitely need to >> cover back-end issues. So I'm considering teaching the front 3/4 of the >> course using Node.js + React.js and then integrating Elm in the advanced >> topics part during the last 1/4 might be reasonable. >> >> But maybe not. Please tell share your thoughts with me! >> >> Bob Muller >> Boston College >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Elm Discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
