Evan is currently in a deep cycle exploring Elm within a backend/database context.
There are no timelines for this work, but Evan recently (at
Elm Camp – June 2024
) indicated he's starting to look at privately working with a few companies, so it appears to be progressing well.
Summary of previous updates
Summary of previous updates
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May 2023 – Elm on The Backend - GOTO Aarhus
NOTE: My goal is to get some early feedback from the in-person audience, so the video will be held back for now. I am not announcing a release, and the roadmap and this status update are still the primary documents for long-time Elm users to set expectations about this work.
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This video has not yet been released
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Sep 2023 – The Economics of Programming Languages
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Project status update
at the end of the talk
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Oct 2024 – Kodsnack 604 - Farmer's disposition, with Evan Czaplicki
- Evan talks about the last few years with context on his personal journey and where things are at now.
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November 2024 - Elm & The Future of Open Source
- Evan is interviewed by Kris
When will the Elm compiler / elm/* packages see updates/releases?
When will the Elm compiler /
elm/* packages see updates/releases?
What about other maintenance?
What about other maintenance?
While the complier changes are in a research cycle, Evan has worked with the community on additional
platform support and improved binary distribution for the current release.
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Jan 2021 – version 0.19.1.-5 of the npm package was published with an
update
to download x64 binaries for ARM macs to resolve installation issues on the newly released platform.
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Nov 2023 – version 0.19.1-6 of the npm package was published with an
update
to remove third-party download dependencies and include the new ARM binaries.
