Elm and Webix

I have been looking at Elm. I was especially interested as I am a strong proponent of functional programming.

I think it would be a great boost to the webix library if there would be an Elm version. If you look at the future, Elm will be the future:

  1. Generating dom is fast, much faster than using regular javascript libs (like webix).
  2. Creating code, and refactoring is much, much easier.
  3. As is generally the case with functional programming, when it compiles, it works. Always seem odd to OOP and imperative programmers, but this is really true.

So, invest in the future and create an Elm based Webix library.

We will look in it

The existing Webix library will stay javascript for sure ( maybe with typescript sibling in a near future ). Still, we are open to new ideas, so we may try to port some components to Elm.