Re: [elm-discuss] Metalinguistic abstractions over databases

2016-10-19 Thread Peter Damoc
GraphQL could be part of the answer. I would love to see an answer that includes GraphQL being explored. Ideally, I would love to see it explored in a more complex context where the data set is very large. e.g. some kind of application over the data from MusicBrainz. Let's say that I want to

Re: [elm-discuss] Metalinguistic abstractions over databases

2016-10-19 Thread John Orford
like graphql? On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 at 10:54 Peter Damoc wrote: > *The problem * > > I know how to implement a REST API and interrogate that API from Elm but > that *seams very low level. * > > I was curious about a language abstraction that would isolate my Elm > program from

[elm-discuss] Metalinguistic abstractions over databases

2016-10-19 Thread Peter Damoc
*The problem * I know how to implement a REST API and interrogate that API from Elm but that *seams very low level. * I was curious about a language abstraction that would isolate my Elm program from the actual database strategy. How do you approach dealing with the databases? What is your