Re: [elm-discuss] CSS in Elm: best practices?

2016-09-26 Thread Peter Damoc
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 6:34 PM, suttlecommakevin < suttlecommake...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you read through that thread you should be able to see what I mean. > IMO, if it was taken seriously, it would be supported as a first class > citizen. > I've read through the thread and it is not obvious

Re: [elm-discuss] CSS in Elm: best practices?

2016-09-26 Thread Scott Corgan
Perhaps. But as is the case with almost all of Elm, features are tested in userland before they become considered for core. (specifically to find the most rational API) On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 11:34 AM suttlecommakevin < suttlecommake...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you read through that thread you sho

Re: [elm-discuss] CSS in Elm: best practices?

2016-09-26 Thread suttlecommakevin
If you read through that thread you should be able to see what I mean. IMO, if it was taken seriously, it would be supported as a first class citizen. On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 11:24:55 AM UTC-4, Scott Corgan wrote: > > What do you mean by "taken seriously"? (I'm curious). > > rtfeldman/el

Re: [elm-discuss] CSS in Elm: best practices?

2016-09-26 Thread Scott Corgan
What do you mean by "taken seriously"? (I'm curious). rtfeldman/elm-css is phenomenal at, at the minimum, giving you type safe styling in Elm. (including pseudo selectors, etc.) On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:51 AM suttlecommakevin < suttlecommake...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wish CSS was taken more ser

Re: [elm-discuss] CSS in Elm: best practices?

2016-09-26 Thread suttlecommakevin
I wish CSS was taken more seriously by Elm. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/elm-discuss/vvJGw1u7NVQ On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 6:50:07 PM UTC-4, Peter Damoc wrote: > > Regarding 1. I don't see how the compiler can deduce that a certain union > type you used was suppose to have the

Re: [elm-discuss] CSS in Elm: best practices?

2016-09-25 Thread Peter Damoc
Regarding 1. I don't see how the compiler can deduce that a certain union type you used was suppose to have the meaning of ID and another meaning of class One way you can do this manually is to specialize the namespace manually and then unpack it. namespace : Namespace String Classes Ids msg name

[elm-discuss] CSS in Elm: best practices?

2016-09-25 Thread Duane Johnson
I built a small app using elm-css to spin the wheels. One of the things I'm looking for is a "compiler's got my back" kind of experience with CSS; however, I found a couple of oversights. I'm curious if there are some best practices that might have given me a better experience: 1. I accidentally u