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"Building a Toolkit for Design" by Matthew Griffith

elm-conf · 24.6K views · 2018-10-17 · 32:25

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Overview

Matthew Griffith, creator of elm-ui, presents a toolkit for designing layouts in Elm as an alternative to CSS. He explains the opinionated approach to layout and styling.

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HN commenters recommend it as a fresh perspective on layout and styling in CSS discussions.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2022

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Web developmentFunctional programmingUX & UI design
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qolop · 2021-06 · Recommendation

For those who want a fresh perspective on CSS, layout and styling, check out this talk by Matthew Griffith - the creator of elm-ui [VIDEO]

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giantDinosaur · 2021-02 · Recommendation

Not necessarily solved, and I assume you know about it, but for anyone reading this, elm-ui is definitely worth checking out for at least an exploration of an alternative to CSS. For a talk about this: [VIDEO]

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giantDinosaur · 2020-07 · Recommendation

Given my thoughts (and recent experience) was shaped by something like Elm-UI - see: [VIDEO] If you have the time to learn CSS, you have the time to learn anything else. ;)

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