TAGS.md

Tags

This document aims to provide reasoning why config.json contains the "tags" it contains.

Paradigms

• paradigm/declarative: implied by paradigm/functional.
• paradigm/functional: Elm is a functional language for the web.
• paradigm/imperative: N/A
• paradigm/logic: N/A
• paradigm/object_oriented: N/A
• paradigm/procedural: N/A

Typing

• typing/static: types are checked at compile time.
• typing/dynamic: types are erased at compile time and hence not available at run time.
• typing/strong: types in Elm are unambiguous.
• typing/weak: see typing/strong.

Execution mode

• execution_mode/compiled: Elm compiles to Javascript.
• execution_mode/interpreted: N/A.

Platform

• platform/windows: Not officially, and possible with Tauri.
• platform/mac: Not officially, and possible with Tauri.
• platform/linux: Not officially, and possible with Tauri.
• platform/ios: Not officially, and possible with Tauri.
• platform/android: Not officially, and possible with Tauri.
• platform/web: it Just Works ™️ in all major browsers, and most minor browsers.

Runtime

• runtime/standalone_executable: it doesn't. Any executable that exists packages Node, or requires Node or a Browser.
• runtime/language_specific: it runs on Node or anything that can run the compiled elm.js.
• runtime/clr: no support.
• runtime/jvm: no support.
• runtime/beam: no support.
• runtime/wasmtime: no support.

Used for

• used_for/artificial_intelligence: N/A
• used_for/backends: N/A
• used_for/cross_platform_development: N/A
• used_for/embedded_systems: N/A
• used_for/financial_systems: N/A
• used_for/frontends: Elm's only focus is frontend development.
• used_for/games: Possible if the game runs in the browser.
• used_for/guis: N/A
• used_for/mobile: Possible with Tauri.
• used_for/robotics: N/A
• used_for/scientific_calculations: N/A
• used_for/scripts: N/A
• used_for/web_development: Elm is a delightful language to build web apps.