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| ClojureScript | `clojurescript`, `clojure`, `cljs`, `clj` | Clojure |
| Perl | `perl`, `pl`, `pm` | Perl runtime |
| Gleam | `gleam` | Gleam language |
| Elm | `elm` | Elm compiler (WASM) |
| Haskell | `haskell`, `hs`, `lhs` | MicroHs (not GHC) |
| Haskell (Wasm) | `haskell-wasm`, `hs-wasm`, `wasm.hs`, `hswasm` | GHC WASM |
| Tcl | `tcl` | Tcl interpreter |
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# Elm

[Elm](https://elm-lang.org/) is a delightful language for reliable web applications.
It is a purely functional language that compiles to JavaScript.

LiveCodes compiles Elm in the browser using
[@live-codes/elm-wasm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@live-codes/elm-wasm),
a WebAssembly build of the Elm compiler.

## Basic Demo

import LiveCodes from '../../src/components/LiveCodes.tsx';

export const config = {
activeEditor: 'script',
script: {
language: 'elm',
content: `module Main exposing (main)\n
import Browser
import Html exposing (Html, button, div, h1, text)
import Html.Events exposing (onClick)\n\n
type alias Model =
Int\n\n
type Msg
= Increment\n\n
update : Msg -> Model -> Model
update msg model =
case msg of
Increment ->
model + 1\n\n
view : Model -> Html Msg
view model =
div []
[ h1 [] [ text ("You clicked " ++ String.fromInt model ++ " times.") ]
, button [ onClick Increment ] [ text "Click me" ]
]\n\n
main : Program () Model Msg
main =
Browser.sandbox { init = 0, update = update, view = view }
`,
},
mode: 'simple',
editor: 'auto',
};

<LiveCodes config={config}></LiveCodes>

See below for more examples.

## Usage

Write Elm code in the script editor. The module must expose `main` (e.g.
`module Main exposing (main)`), as required by the Elm compiler.

The code is compiled to JavaScript, then the compiled program is initialized in the result page
by a `Elm.<ModuleName>.init({ node })` call into a `div` appended to the page body.
If you wish to use a specific DOM element use `"livecodes-app"` as the element `id`.
This works for the common program types (`Browser.sandbox`, `Browser.element`, `Browser.document` and `Browser.application`).

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In Elm, the Browser.document and Browser.application functions create programs that take over the entire document (the &lt;head&gt; and &lt;body&gt; tags) of the page [1][2]. Because they manage the entire document, they do not accept a node argument during initialization [1][3][2]. The node argument is specifically associated with Browser.element and Browser.sandbox [4]. These functions create Elm programs that are intended to be embedded within a specific part of an existing HTML page, allowing you to specify a DOM element for the program to take over [5]. When initializing an Elm program that accepts a node (such as one created with Browser.element), you provide it in the JavaScript init call: var app = Elm.Main.init({ node: document.getElementById(&#39;myapp&#39;) }); In contrast, since Browser.document and Browser.application manage the entire page, they do not take a node argument [1][2]. You initialize them simply by calling Elm.Main.init() (optionally passing flags if defined) [6][5]. Their configuration is defined entirely within the Elm code, where you provide the init, view, update, and subscriptions functions [1][3][2]. Summary of program types: - Browser.sandbox: Does not take a node, but is limited in scope. - Browser.element: Takes a node argument in JavaScript to embed in a specific DOM element [5]. - Browser.document: Controls the &lt;title&gt; and &lt;body&gt; of the entire document; does not use a node [1][2]. - Browser.application: Manages the entire document and handles URL changes (single-page apps); does not use a node [3][4].
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<title>src/Browser.elm</title> https://github.com/elm/browser/blob/master/src/Browser.elm module Browser exposing ( sandbox , element , document, Document , application, UrlRequest(..) ) ... {-| This module helps you set up an Elm `Program` with functions like [`sandbox`](`#sandbox`) and [`document`](`#document`). ... docs application, ... -- DOCUMENT {-| Create an HTML document managed by Elm. This expands upon what `element` can do in that `view` now gives you control over the ` ` and ` `. ... document : { init : flags -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , view : model -> Document msg , update : msg -> model -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , subscriptions : model -> Sub msg } -> Program flags model msg ... document = Elm.Kernel.Browser.document ... {-| This data specifies the ` ` and all of the nodes that should go in ... the ` `. This means you can update the title as your application changes. ... Maybe your "single-page app" navigates to a "different ... ", maybe a calendar app shows an accurate date in the title, etc. ... -- APPLICATION {-| Create an application that manages [`Url`][url] changes. ... **When the application starts**, `init` gets the initial `Url`. You can show different things depending on the `Url`! ... **When someone clicks a link**, like ` Home `, it always goes ... through `onUrlRequest`. The resulting message goes to your `update` function, ... giving you a chance to save scroll position or persist data before changing ... the URL yourself with [`pushUrl`][bnp] or [`load`][bnl]. More info on this in ... the [`UrlRequest`](`#UrlRequest`) docs! ... **When the URL changes**, the new `Url` goes through `onUrlChange`. The ... resulting message goes to `update` where you can decide what to show next. ... Applications always use the [`Browser.Navigation`][bn] module for precise control over `Url` changes. ... application : { init : flags -> Url.Url -> Navigation.Key -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , view : model -> Document msg , update : msg -> model -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , subscriptions : model -> Sub msg , onUrlRequest : UrlRequest -> msg , onUrlChange : Url.Url -> msg } -> Program flags model msg ... application = Elm.Kernel.Browser.application ... {-| All links in an [`application`](`#application`) create a `UrlRequest`. So when you click ` Home `, it does not just navigate! It notifies `onUrlRequest` that the user wants to change the `Url`. ... Having a `UrlRequest` requires a case in your `update` like this: import Browser exposing (..) import Browser.Navigation as Nav import Url type Msg = ClickedLink UrlRequest update : Msg -> Model -> ( Model, Cmd msg ) update msg model = case msg of ClickedLink urlRequest -> case urlRequest of Internal url -> ( model , Nav.pushUrl model.key (Url.toString url) ) External url -> ( model , Nav.load url ) <title>Web Apps · An Introduction to Elm</title> https://guide.elm-lang.org/webapps/ Web Apps · An Introduction to Elm # Web Apps So far we have been creating Elm programs with `Browser.element`, allowing us to take over a single node in a larger application. This is great for introducing Elm at work (as described here) but what happens after that? How can we use Elm more extensively? In this chapter, we will learn how to create a “web app” with a bunch of different pages that all integrate nicely with each other, but we must start by controlling a single page. ## Control the Document The first step is to switch to starting programs with `Browser.document`: ```elm document : { init : flags -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , view : model -> Document msg , update : msg -> model -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , subscriptions : model -> Sub msg } -> Program flags model msg ``` The arguments are almost exactly the same as `Browser.element`, except for the `view` function. Rather than returning an `Html` value, you return a `Document` like this: ```elm type alias Document msg = { title : String , body : List (Html msg) } ``` This gives you control over the ` ` and the ` ` of the document. Perhaps your program downloads some data and that helps you determine a more specific title. Now you can just change it in your `view` function! ## Serve the Page The compiler produces HTML by default, so you can compile your code like this: ```bash elm make src/Main.elm ``` The output will be a file named `index.html` that you can serve like any other HTML file. That works fine, but you can get a bit more flexibility by (1) compiling Elm to JavaScript and (2) making your own custom HTML file. To take that path, you compile like this: ```bash elm make src/Main.elm --output=main.js ``` This will produce `main.js` which you can load from a custom HTML file like this: ```html <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Main</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="whatever-you-want.css"> <script src="main.js"></script> </head> <body> <script>var app = Elm.Main.init();</script> </body> </html> ``` This HTML is pretty simple. You load whatever you need in the ` ` and you initialize your Elm program in the ` `. The Elm program will take it from there and render everything. Either way, now you have some HTML that you can send to browsers. You can get that HTML to people with free services like GitHub Pages or Netlify, or maybe you make your own server and run a VPS with a service like Digital Ocean. Whatever works for you! You just need a way to get HTML into a browser. > Note 1: Creating custom HTML is helpful if you are doing something custom with CSS. Many people use projects like `rtfeldman/elm-css` to handle all of their styles from within Elm, but maybe you are working in a team where there is lots of predefined CSS. Maybe the team is even using one of those CSS preprocessors. That is all fine. Just load the final CSS file in the ` ` of your HTML file. > > Note 2: The Digital Ocean link above is a referral link, so if you sign up through that and end up using the service, we get a $25 credit towards our hosting costs for `elm-lang.org` and `package.elm-lang.org`. <title>Navigation · An Introduction to Elm</title> https://guide.elm-lang.org/webapps/navigation Instead of creating our program with `Browser.element` or `Browser.document`, we can create a `Browser.application` to avoid loading new HTML when the URL changes: ... ```elm application : { init : flags -> Url -> Key -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , view : model -> Document msg , update : msg -> model -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , subscriptions : model -> Sub msg , onUrlRequest : UrlRequest -> msg , onUrlChange : Url -> msg } -> Program flags model msg ``` ... It extends the functionality of `Browser.document` in three important scenarios. ... When the application starts, `init` gets the current `Url` from the browsers navigation bar. This allows you to show different things depending on the `Url`. ... When someone clicks a link, like ` Home `, it is intercepted as a `UrlRequest`. So instead of loading new HTML with all the downsides, `onUrlRequest` creates a message for your `update` where you can decide exactly what to do next. You can save scroll position, persist data, change the URL yourself, etc. ... When the URL changes, the new `Url` is sent to `onUrlChange`. The resulting message goes to `update` where you can decide how to show the new page. ... We will start with the baseline `Browser.application` program. It just keeps track of the current URL. Skim through the code now! Pretty much all of the new and interesting stuff happens in the `update` function, and we will get into those details after the code: ... ```elm import Browser import Browser.Navigation as Nav import Html exposing (..) import Html.Attributes exposing (..) import Url ... -- MAIN main : Program () Model Msg main = Browser.application { init = init , view = view , update = update , subscriptions = subscriptions , onUrlChange = UrlChanged , onUrlRequest = LinkClicked } ... -- MODEL type alias Model = { key : Nav.Key , url : Url.Url } init : () -> Url.Url -> Nav.Key -> ( Model, Cmd Msg ) init flags url key = ( Model key url, Cmd.none ) ... -- UPDATE type Msg = LinkClicked Browser.UrlRequest | UrlChanged Url.Url ... update : Msg -> Model -> ( Model, Cmd Msg ) update msg model = case msg of LinkClicked urlRequest -> case urlRequest of Browser.Internal url -> ( model, Nav.pushUrl model.key (Url.toString url) ) Browser.External href -> ( model, Nav.load href ) UrlChanged url -> ( { model | url = url } , Cmd.none ) ... SUBSCRIPTIONS subscriptions ... -- VIEW view : Model -> Browser.Document Msg view model = { title = "URL Interceptor" , body = [ text "The current URL is: " , b [] [ text (Url.toString model.url) ] , ul [] [ viewLink "/home" , viewLink "/profile" , viewLink "/reviews/the-century-of-the-self" , viewLink "/reviews/public-opinion" , viewLink "/reviews/shah-of-shahs" ] ] } ... The `update` function can handle either `LinkClicked` or `UrlChanged` messages. There is a lot of new stuff in the `LinkClicked` branch, so we will focus on that first! ... ```elm update : Msg -> Model -> ( Model, Cmd Msg ) update msg model = case msg of LinkClicked urlRequest -> case urlRequest of Browser.Internal url -> ( model, Nav.pushUrl model.key (Url.toString url) ) Browser.External href -> ( model, Nav.load href ) UrlChanged url -> ( { model | url = url } , Cmd.none ) ... The particularly interesting functions are `Nav.load` and `Nav.pushUrl`. These are both from the `Browser.Navigation` module which is all about changing the URL in different ways. We are using the two most common functions from that module: ... - `load` loads all new HTML. It is equivalent to typing the URL into the URL bar and pressing enter. So whatever is happening in your `Model` will be thrown out, and a whole new page is loaded. - `pushUrl` changes the URL, but does not load new HTML. Instead it triggers a `UrlChanged` message that we handle ourselves! It also adds an entry to the “browser history” so things work normal when people press the `BACK` o…[truncated] <title>elm/browser</title> https://github.com/elm/browser # elm/browser Create Elm programs that run in browsers! - Stars: 330 - Forks: 70 - Watchers: 330 - Open issues: 76 - License: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License - Homepage: https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/ - Default branch: master - Created: 2017-08-15T06:35:42Z ## Languages - Elm - JavaScript ## Topics - browser - elm - history - single-page-app - spa ## Top Contributors - evancz (171 contributions) - robinheghan (34 contributions) - terezka (10 contributions) - jfairbank (4 contributions) - mfeineis (2 contributions) - aimichal (2 contributions) - Bernardoow (1 contributions) - xtian (1 contributions) - danfishgold (1 contributions) - evxn (1 contributions) --- ## README # Elm in the Browser! This package allows you to create Elm programs that run in browsers. ## Learning Path **I highly recommend working through [guide.elm-lang.org][guide] to learn how to use Elm.** It is built around a learning path that introduces concepts gradually. [guide]: https://guide.elm-lang.org/ You can see the outline of that learning path in the `Browser` module. It lets you create Elm programs with the following functions: 1. [`sandbox`](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/Browser#sandbox) — react to user input, like buttons and checkboxes 2. [`element`](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/Browser#element) — talk to the outside world, like HTTP and JS interop 3. [`document`](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/Browser#document) — control the ` ` and ` ` 4. [`application`](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/Browser#application) — create single-page apps This order works well because important concepts and techniques are introduced at each stage. If you jump ahead, it is like building a house by starting with the roof! So again, **work through [guide.elm-lang.org][guide] to see examples and really *understand* how Elm works!** This order also works well because it mirrors how most people introduce Elm at work. Start small. Try using Elm in a single element in an existing JavaScript project. If that goes well, try doing a bit more. Etc. <title>JavaScript Interop · An Introduction to Elm</title> https://guide.elm-lang.org/interop/ JavaScript Interop · An Introduction to Elm # JavaScript Interop By now we have seen The Elm Architecture, types, commands, subscriptions, and we even have Elm installed locally. But what happens when you need to integrate with JavaScript? Maybe there is a browser API that does not have an equivalent Elm package yet. Maybe you want to embed a JavaScript widget within your Elm app? Etc. This chapter will outline Elm&`#39`;s three interop mechanisms: - Flags - Ports - Custom Elements Before we get into the three mechanisms, we need to know how to compile Elm programs to JavaScript! > NOTE: If you are evaluating Elm for use at work, I encourage you to make sure these three mechanisms will be able to cover all of your needs. You can get a quick overview of this chapter by looking at these examples. Please ask here if you are not sure about something, and I encourage you to circle back to Elm later if you are not fully confident. ## Compiling to JavaScript Running `elm make` produces HTML files by default. So if you say: ```bash elm make src/Main.elm ``` It produces an `index.html` file that you can just open and start playing with. If you are getting into JavaScript interop, you want to produce JavaScript files instead: ```bash elm make src/Main.elm --output=main.js ``` This produces a JavaScript file that exposes an `Elm.Main.init()` function. So once you have `main.js` you can write your own HTML file that does whatever you want. ## Embedding in HTML Here is the minimal HTML needed to make your `main.js` appear in a browser: ```html <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Main</title> <script src="main.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="myapp"></div> <script> var app = Elm.Main.init({ node: document.getElementById(&`#39`;myapp&`#39`;) }); </script> </body> </html> ``` I want to call attention to the important lines here: - ` ` - We have a line to load our compiled `main.js` file. This is required! If you compile an Elm module called `Main`, you will get an `Elm.Main.init()` function available in JavaScript. If you compile an Elm module named `Home`, you will get an `Elm.Home.init()` function in JavaScript. Etc. - ` ` - We need to do two things here. First, we create a ` ` that we want our Elm program to take over. Maybe it is within a larger application, surrounded by tons of other stuff? That is fine! Second, we have a ` ` to initialize our Elm program. Here we call the `Elm.Main.init()` function to start our program, passing in the `node` we want to take over. Now that we know how to embed Elm programs in an HTML document, it is time to start exploring the three interop options: flags, ports, and custom elements! > Note: This is a normal HTML file, so you can put whatever you want in it! Many people load additional JS and CSS files in the ` `. That means it is totally fine to write your CSS by hand or to generate it somehow. Add something like ` ` in your ` ` and you have access to it. (There are some great options for specifying your CSS all within Elm as well, but that is a whole other topic!)

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In Elm, the initialization behavior of a compiled program depends on the specific Browser module function used to create the program [1]. When initializing an Elm program via the JavaScript Elm.Main.init() function, the node parameter determines where the Elm application attaches to the DOM [2]. For Browser.element and Browser.sandbox: The node parameter is required [3]. You must provide a reference to an existing DOM element in your HTML file [2]. The Elm runtime will take over this specific element and manage its contents [2][3]. For Browser.document and Browser.application: The node parameter is ignored (or effectively unused) because these program types are designed to manage the entire document [3][4]. - Browser.document: This allows you to control the entire document body and the title of the page [5]. Because it manages the whole page structure, it automatically attaches to the document body rather than a specific sub-element [3]. - Browser.application: This is used for single-page applications and also manages the entire document, including URL navigation [6]. Like Browser.document, it is intended to take over the full page, making the node parameter unnecessary during initialization [3][4]. If you attempt to pass a node to Browser.document or Browser.application, it is typically ignored by the Elm runtime, as the application assumes control of the document body regardless [4]. Conversely, failing to pass a node to Browser.element will result in a runtime error because the Elm runtime expects a target container to render into [7].
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<title>README.md at master · elm/browser</title> https://github.com/elm/browser/blob/master/README.md # File: elm/browser/README.md - Repository: elm/browser | Create Elm programs that run in browsers! | 328 stars | Elm - Branch: master ```md # Elm in the Browser! This package allows you to create Elm programs that run in browsers. ## Learning Path **I highly recommend working through [guide.elm-lang.org][guide] to learn how to use Elm.** It is built around a learning path that introduces concepts gradually. [guide]: https://guide.elm-lang.org/ You can see the outline of that learning path in the `Browser` module. It lets you create Elm programs with the following functions: 1. [`sandbox`](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/Browser#sandbox) — react to user input, like buttons and checkboxes 2. [`element`](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/Browser#element) — talk to the outside world, like HTTP and JS interop 3. [`document`](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/Browser#document) — control the `<title>` and `<body>` 4. [`application`](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/browser/latest/Browser#application) — create single-page apps This order works well because important concepts and techniques are introduced at each stage. If you jump ahead, it is like building a house by starting with the roof! So again, **work through [guide.elm-lang.org][guide] to see examples and really *understand* how Elm works!** This order also works well because it mirrors how most people introduce Elm at work. Start small. Try using Elm in a single element in an existing JavaScript project. If that goes well, try doing a bit more. Etc. ``` <title>JavaScript Interop · An Introduction to Elm</title> https://guide.elm-lang.org/interop/ JavaScript Interop · An Introduction to Elm # JavaScript Interop By now we have seen The Elm Architecture, types, commands, subscriptions, and we even have Elm installed locally. But what happens when you need to integrate with JavaScript? Maybe there is a browser API that does not have an equivalent Elm package yet. Maybe you want to embed a JavaScript widget within your Elm app? Etc. This chapter will outline Elm&`#39`;s three interop mechanisms: - Flags - Ports - Custom Elements Before we get into the three mechanisms, we need to know how to compile Elm programs to JavaScript! > NOTE: If you are evaluating Elm for use at work, I encourage you to make sure these three mechanisms will be able to cover all of your needs. You can get a quick overview of this chapter by looking at these examples. Please ask here if you are not sure about something, and I encourage you to circle back to Elm later if you are not fully confident. ## Compiling to JavaScript Running `elm make` produces HTML files by default. So if you say: ```bash elm make src/Main.elm ``` It produces an `index.html` file that you can just open and start playing with. If you are getting into JavaScript interop, you want to produce JavaScript files instead: ```bash elm make src/Main.elm --output=main.js ``` This produces a JavaScript file that exposes an `Elm.Main.init()` function. So once you have `main.js` you can write your own HTML file that does whatever you want. ## Embedding in HTML Here is the minimal HTML needed to make your `main.js` appear in a browser: ```html <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Main</title> <script src="main.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="myapp"></div> <script> var app = Elm.Main.init({ node: document.getElementById(&`#39`;myapp&`#39`;) }); </script> </body> </html> ``` I want to call attention to the important lines here: - ` ` - We have a line to load our compiled `main.js` file. This is required! If you compile an Elm module called `Main`, you will get an `Elm.Main.init()` function available in JavaScript. If you compile an Elm module named `Home`, you will get an `Elm.Home.init()` function in JavaScript. Etc. - ` ` - We need to do two things here. First, we create a ` ` that we want our Elm program to take over. Maybe it is within a larger application, surrounded by tons of other stuff? That is fine! Second, we have a ` ` to initialize our Elm program. Here we call the `Elm.Main.init()` function to start our program, passing in the `node` we want to take over. Now that we know how to embed Elm programs in an HTML document, it is time to start exploring the three interop options: flags, ports, and custom elements! > Note: This is a normal HTML file, so you can put whatever you want in it! Many people load additional JS and CSS files in the ` `. That means it is totally fine to write your CSS by hand or to generate it somehow. Add something like ` ` in your ` ` and you have access to it. (There are some great options for specifying your CSS all within Elm as well, but that is a whole other topic!) <title>Developer experience: Not always clear how to init from JS</title> GitHub issue 122 in elm/browser (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # Developer experience: Not always clear how to init from JS - State: open - Author: cmditch - Created: 2021-04-13T17:00:18Z - Updated: 2021-04-13T17:00:40Z - Repository: elm/browser - Number: `#122` --- I appreciate how much effort and focus the Elm community devotes to clear & thorough documentation. In an effort to continue improving the docs, I&`#39`;ll go over an experience I recently had trying to use `Browser.sandbox` for a SSCCE. I found that it was not very clear from the `Browser.element` or `Browser.sandbox` docs how to initialize them within JS. I spent quite a bit of time pouring over the package docs, elm guide, and elm guide examples to no avail. I eventually happened upon https://guide.elm-lang.org/interop/ , which shows the use of the `node` field, but it&`#39`;s not clear when this field is relevant wrt `sandbox, element, document, application`. I also found https://guide.elm-lang.org/webapps/, but this only shows how to init a `document`. Potential ways to ameliorate this confusion: 1. Include js snipptes in the `Browser` docs. 2. Include js/html snippets in the guides examples instead of only pure Elm. 3. Include something like the table below as a quick and clear reference in the Browser docs and Elm guide (with help from `@Janiczek`). ``` +----------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | entry point js param | uses `node` field | supports `flags` field | +----------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | Platform.worker | no | yes | +----------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | Browser.sandbox | yes | no | +----------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | Browser.element | yes | yes | +----------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | Browser.document | no | yes | +----------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | Browser.application | no | yes | +----------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ ``` 4. All of the above 5. None of the above and something better? Thanks! Coury ## Timeline - Janiczek mentioned - Janiczek subscribed - Renamed from "Developer experience: Not clear how to init element/sandbox from JS" to "Developer experience: Not always clear how to init from JS" - Referenced by issue `#5`: documentation: clear up how to init from js - Referenced by PR `#1155`: Add hot reloading and make it possible to stop Elm apps <title>Browser.application doesn&`#39`;t work with popular Analytics approaches - Request Feedback - Elm</title> https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/browser-application-doesnt-work-with-popular-analytics-approaches/2659 Browser.application doesn&`#39`;t work with popular Analytics approaches - Request Feedback - Elm = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="desktop" /> = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="discourse-ai_desktop" /> = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="poll_desktop" /> # Browser.application doesn&`#39`;t work with popular Analytics approaches Aaron_White December 1, 2018, 12:17am 1 We recently moved a production B2B app from Elm 18 to 19. What we discovered unfortunately after the fact, was that Browser.application’s behavior & timing of taking over the tag doesn’t play well with popular analytics injection approaches. Our HTML loads two separate JS bundles. The first is our app code, which in turn triggers a parallelized request to Segment.com for a combined analytics JS bundle. We stall the loading of our Elm app until the Segment bundle has made some progress, so that we can initialize our Elm app with the real-ID or anonymous ID of the current user. We additionally use Segment to load Intercom (live chat floating widget) and it does so through a few iFrame tricks eventually resulting in a child-of-body div tag representing the floating widget. The problem is that that either the iFrame or the div for Intercom get blown away once Elm takes over the tag as a result of using Browser.application. My industry-take is it’s going to be hard (impossible?) to work w/ Elm in full Browser.application mode because so many of these ecosystem analytics/widgets/etc need to store their work in a private child-of-body DOM node. I think I understand the rationale for Elm so completely taking over, but I’d hope there might be another best-of-all-worlds where Browser.application can leave nodes it didn’t generate alone, and if another “Full browser app framework” modifies URL out of band, perhaps Elm can warn/complain in the manner it does when someone uses the href attribute with JS in it (it triggers an XSS alert) 6 Likes Browser.application cannot share body with other scripts Sebastian December 1, 2018, 1:31am 2 We also use Segment and load Intercom and use Browser.application, and somehow it all works. We load Elm by passing a node: ``` const node = document.getElementById("app") const app = ElmApp.Elm.Main.init({ node, flags }) ``` 1 Like Aaron_White December 1, 2018, 2:12am 3 This is essentially our exact set up as well for those lines - how/when do you load Segment? Ahead of this or do you port out to trigger it? (Just to front load more info: we load it ahead of our Elm code so we can pass in the ID as one of those flags. I suspect I could rewire it to be triggered after an initial render and make things work). pateh December 1, 2018, 2:52am 4 This is a hacky way, but if you know what it will create in the`body` you can add an empty element on the Elm side so the virtual-dom doesn’t touch it when diffing, a keyed node also works. For instance, if you know that a library will inject a`div` with the ID`mydiv` and some iframe, you can render your`Document` as ``` [ appView model , div [ id "mydiv" ] [] ] ``` And the library is free to add stuff in`#mydiv` without Elm touching it. 1 Like Aaron_White December 1, 2018, 2:59am 5 Thanks for the suggestion; I think that’ll work for the div which I do know the ID of, will explore if there is a stable way to preserve the iframe, which is the first thing being discarded that I need to preserve (I know the code creates it via document.createElement(“iframe”) so I may be out of luck) Aaron_White December 1, 2018, 4:07am 6 In talking a little more with@pateh, he suggested something like a`Browser.elementApplication`- that would be essentially the solution I am looking for 2 Likes Fullscreen Elm App in 0.19 (childNode issue) Reopened szubtsovskiy December 1, 2018, 9:37am 7 I think`Browser.application` ignores`node` field in the object you pass to`init`. It takes over the whole body a…[truncated] <title>Web Apps · An Introduction to Elm</title> https://guide.elm-lang.org/webapps/ Web Apps · An Introduction to Elm # Web Apps So far we have been creating Elm programs with `Browser.element`, allowing us to take over a single node in a larger application. This is great for introducing Elm at work (as described here) but what happens after that? How can we use Elm more extensively? In this chapter, we will learn how to create a “web app” with a bunch of different pages that all integrate nicely with each other, but we must start by controlling a single page. ## Control the Document The first step is to switch to starting programs with `Browser.document`: ```elm document : { init : flags -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , view : model -> Document msg , update : msg -> model -> ( model, Cmd msg ) , subscriptions : model -> Sub msg } -> Program flags model msg ``` The arguments are almost exactly the same as `Browser.element`, except for the `view` function. Rather than returning an `Html` value, you return a `Document` like this: ```elm type alias Document msg = { title : String , body : List (Html msg) } ``` This gives you control over the ` ` and the ` ` of the document. Perhaps your program downloads some data and that helps you determine a more specific title. Now you can just change it in your `view` function! ## Serve the Page The compiler produces HTML by default, so you can compile your code like this: ```bash elm make src/Main.elm ``` The output will be a file named `index.html` that you can serve like any other HTML file. That works fine, but you can get a bit more flexibility by (1) compiling Elm to JavaScript and (2) making your own custom HTML file. To take that path, you compile like this: ```bash elm make src/Main.elm --output=main.js ``` This will produce `main.js` which you can load from a custom HTML file like this: ```html <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Main</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="whatever-you-want.css"> <script src="main.js"></script> </head> <body> <script>var app = Elm.Main.init();</script> </body> </html> ``` This HTML is pretty simple. You load whatever you need in the ` ` and you initialize your Elm program in the ` `. The Elm program will take it from there and render everything. Either way, now you have some HTML that you can send to browsers. You can get that HTML to people with free services like GitHub Pages or Netlify, or maybe you make your own server and run a VPS with a service like Digital Ocean. Whatever works for you! You just need a way to get HTML into a browser. > Note 1: Creating custom HTML is helpful if you are doing something custom with CSS. Many people use projects like `rtfeldman/elm-css` to handle all of their styles from within Elm, but maybe you are working in a team where there is lots of predefined CSS. Maybe the team is even using one of those CSS preprocessors. That is all fine. Just load the final CSS file in the ` ` of your HTML file. > > Note 2: The Digital Ocean link above is a referral link, so if you sign up through that and end up using the service, we get a $25 credit towards our hosting costs for `elm-lang.org` and `package.elm-lang.org`.

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anything; any other package is downloaded from jsDelivr and installed into the compiler's virtual
file system.

The generated JavaScript can be inspected in the **Compiled code** tool pane.

## Language Info

### Name

`elm`

### Aliases / Extensions

`elm`

### Editor

`script`

## Compiler

[@live-codes/elm-wasm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@live-codes/elm-wasm), a WebAssembly build
of the [Elm compiler](https://github.com/elm/compiler).

### Version

Elm 0.19.1 (`@live-codes/elm-wasm` 0.2.1)

## Code Formatting

Not supported.

## Limitations

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data.
- Elm source is compiled as a single module. Other modules are provided by installed packages,
which are resolved at compile time (jsDelivr by default).

## Starter Template

https://livecodes.io/?template=elm

## Links

- [Elm](https://elm-lang.org/)
- [Elm guide](https://guide.elm-lang.org/)
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{ name: 'civet', title: 'Civet' },
{ name: 'clio', title: 'Clio' },
{ name: 'imba', title: 'Imba' },
{ name: 'elm', title: 'Elm' },
{ name: 'rescript', title: 'ReScript' },
{ name: 'reason', title: 'Reason' },
{ name: 'ocaml', title: 'OCaml' },
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{ name: 'civet', title: 'Civet Starter', thumbnail: 'civet.png' },
{ name: 'clio', title: 'Clio Starter', thumbnail: 'clio.png' },
{ name: 'imba', title: 'Imba Starter', thumbnail: 'imba.svg' },
{ name: 'elm', title: 'Elm Starter', thumbnail: 'elm.svg' },
{ name: 'rescript', title: 'ReScript Starter', thumbnail: 'rescript.png' },
{ name: 'reason', title: 'Reason Starter', thumbnail: 'reason.svg' },
{ name: 'ocaml', title: 'Ocaml Starter', thumbnail: 'ocaml.svg' },
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await expect(getResult().locator('text=You clicked')).toHaveText('You clicked 3 times.');
});

test('elm Starter', async ({ page, getTestUrl }) => {
// the Elm compiler (ulm.wasm, ~10.6 MB) is downloaded on the first run
test.slow();

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The assertion below allows up to 280s, but test.slow() only triples the configured 60s test timeout to 180s — Playwright aborts the whole test at 180s, so the 280_000 assertion timeout can never be reached. The similar rust-wasm test above uses test.setTimeout(300_000) for its heavy first-run download.

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await page.goto(getTestUrl());

const { app, getResult, waitForResultUpdate } = await getLoadedApp(page);

await app.click('[aria-label="Project"]');
await app.click('text=New');
await app.click('text=Elm Starter');

await waitForEditorFocus(app);
await waitForResultUpdate();

// nothing is rendered until the compiler is downloaded and the code has run
await expect(getResult().locator('h1')).toHaveText('Hello, Elm!', { timeout: 280_000 });

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Set an explicit timeout for the Elm test. playwright.config.ts sets the test timeout to 60 seconds, and the Playwright test fixture raises it to 180 seconds when test.slow() runs. The toHaveText assertion is configured for 280 seconds, but the enclosing test can terminate first. Set the test timeout above 280 seconds, such as test.setTimeout(360_000).

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await getResult().click('text=Click me');
await getResult().click('text=Click me');
await getResult().click('text=Click me');

await expect(getResult().locator('text=You clicked')).toHaveText('You clicked 3 times.');
});

test('d3 Starter', async ({ page, getTestUrl, editor }) => {
test.slow();

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"civet": "Civet Starter",
"clio": "Clio Starter",
"imba": "Imba Starter",
"elm": "Elm Starter",
"rescript": "ReScript Starter",
"reason": "Reason Starter",
"ocaml": "Ocaml Starter",
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'languages/zig-wasm/lang-zig-wasm-script.ts',
'languages/dot/lang-dot-compiler.ts',
'languages/ejs/lang-ejs-compiler.ts',
'languages/elm/lang-elm-compiler.ts',
'languages/eta/lang-eta-compiler.ts',
'languages/fsharp/lang-fsharp-compiler.ts',
'languages/fsharp-wasm/lang-fsharp-wasm-script.ts',
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const solidSDK = fs.readFileSync(path.join('src', 'sdk', 'solid.ts'), 'utf8');
const patchedSolidSDK =
'/* eslint-disable */\n' +
solidSDK.replaceAll('./index', 'livecodes').replaceAll('./models', 'livecodes');
solidSDK
.replaceAll('./index', 'livecodes')
.replaceAll('./models', 'livecodes')
.replace('// eslint-disable-next-line import/order', '');
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(basePath, 'solid', 'src', 'solid.ts'), patchedSolidSDK, 'utf8');

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"civet": "Civet Starter",
"clio": "Clio Starter",
"imba": "Imba Starter",
"elm": "Elm Starter",
"rescript": "ReScript Starter",
"reason": "Reason Starter",
"ocaml": "Ocaml Starter",
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'civet',
'clio',
'imba',
'elm',
'rescript',
'reason',
'ocaml',
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</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section data-lang="elm">
<h3 data-i18n="language-info:elm.name">Elm</h3>
<div data-i18n="language-info:elm.desc" data-i18n-prop="innerHTML">
Elm is compiled to JavaScript in the browser by a WebAssembly build of the Elm compiler.
</div>
<ul data-i18n="language-info:elm.link" data-i18n-prop="innerHTML">
<li><a href="https://elm-lang.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elm official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://guide.elm-lang.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elm guide</a></li>
<li>
<a href="{{DOCS_BASE_URL}}languages/elm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
>LiveCodes Documentation</a
>
</li>
<li>
<a href="?template=elm" class="button" target="_parent" data-template="elm"
>Load starter template</a
>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section data-lang="eta">
<h3 data-i18n="language-info:eta.name">Eta</h3>
<div data-i18n="language-info:eta.desc">
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"notes": "",
"translation": "EJS"
},
"elm.desc": {
"notes": "",
"translation": "Elm is compiled to JavaScript in the browser by a WebAssembly build of the Elm compiler."
},
"elm.link": {
"notes": "### <tag-1> ###\n<li />\n\n### <tag-2> ###\n<a href=\"https://elm-lang.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" />\n\n### <tag-3> ###\n<li />\n\n### <tag-4> ###\n<a href=\"https://guide.elm-lang.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" />\n\n### <tag-5> ###\n<li />\n\n### <tag-6> ###\n<a href=\"{{DOCS_BASE_URL}}languages/elm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" />\n\n### <tag-7> ###\n<li />\n\n### <tag-8> ###\n<a href=\"?template=elm\" class=\"button\" target=\"_parent\" data-template=\"elm\" />\n\n",
"translation": "<tag-1><tag-2>Elm official website</tag-2></tag-1> <tag-3><tag-4>Elm guide</tag-4></tag-3> <tag-5> <tag-6>LiveCodes Documentation</tag-6> </tag-5> <tag-7> <tag-8>Load starter template</tag-8> </tag-7>"
},
"elm.name": {
"notes": "",
"translation": "Elm"
},
"eta.desc": {
"notes": "",
"translation": "Embedded JS template engine for Node, Deno, and the browser. Lightweight, fast, and pluggable. Written in TypeScript."
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link: '<1><2>Official website</2></1> <3> <4>LiveCodes Documentations</4> </3>',
name: 'EJS',
},
elm: {
desc: 'Elm is compiled to JavaScript in the browser by a WebAssembly build of the Elm compiler.',
link: '<1><2>Elm official website</2></1> <3><4>Elm guide</4></3> <5> <6>LiveCodes Documentation</6> </5> <7> <8>Load starter template</8> </7>',
name: 'Elm',
},
eta: {
desc: 'Embedded JS template engine for Node, Deno, and the browser. Lightweight, fast, and pluggable. Written in TypeScript.',
link: '<1><2>Official website</2></1> <3> <4>Documentation</4> </3> <5> <6>LiveCodes Documentations</6> </5>',
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"notes": "",
"translation": "Diagrams Starter"
},
"templates.starter.elm": {
"notes": "",
"translation": "Elm Starter"
},
"templates.starter.fennel": {
"notes": "",
"translation": "Fennel Starter"
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d3: 'D3 Starter',
daisyui: 'daisyUI Starter',
diagrams: 'Diagrams Starter',
elm: 'Elm Starter',
fennel: 'Fennel Starter',
fsharp: 'F# Starter',
'fsharp-wasm': 'F# (Wasm) Starter',
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import type { CompilerFunction } from '../../models';
import { elmWasmBaseUrl } from '../../vendors';

interface ElmCompiler {
compile: (source: string) => Promise<{ js: string; name: string }>;
}

declare const self: {
importScripts: (...args: string[]) => void;
ElmWasm: {
createCompiler: (options: { baseUrl: string }) => Promise<ElmCompiler>;
/** renders the structured Elm problems as readable text */
formatError: (error: unknown) => string;
};
createElmCompiler: () => CompilerFunction;
};

/**
* Runs the compiled Elm program in the result page.
* Elm's output is a classic script that defines the global `Elm`, so the program is
* initialized here (instead of by the user's code) into a node appended to the page.
*/
const getMountCode = (name: string) => `
;(function () {
const node =
document.querySelector('#livecodes-app') ||
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
try {
Elm[${JSON.stringify(name)}].init({ node });
} catch (err) {
console.error('Failed to initialize Elm:', err);
}
})();
`;

self.createElmCompiler = (): CompilerFunction => {
let compiler: Promise<ElmCompiler> | undefined;

const getCompiler = () => {
if (!compiler) {
compiler = (async () => {
self.importScripts(elmWasmBaseUrl + 'index.umd.js');
return self.ElmWasm.createCompiler({ baseUrl: elmWasmBaseUrl });
})();
// do not keep a failed boot (e.g. a transient network error)
compiler.catch(() => {
compiler = undefined;
});
}
return compiler;
};

// the compiler (a ~10 MB WASM module plus the Elm package data) is loaded once and kept warm
getCompiler().catch(() => undefined);

return async (code) => {
if (!code.trim()) return '';
try {
const { js, name } = await (await getCompiler()).compile(code);
return `${js.trimEnd()}\n${getMountCode(name)}`;
} catch (err) {
throw new Error(self.ElmWasm.formatError(err));

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If importScripts(elmWasmBaseUrl + 'index.umd.js') fails, getCompiler() rejects before self.ElmWasm is assigned, so this line throws Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'formatError') and the real network/boot error is lost. Fall back to the error string when ElmWasm is unavailable.

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throw new Error(self.ElmWasm.formatError(err));
throw new Error(self.ElmWasm?.formatError(err) ?? String(err));

}
};
};
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import { codemirrorLegacy } from '../../editor/codemirror/utils';
import type { LanguageSpecs } from '../../models';
import { codeMirrorBaseUrl, monacoLanguagesBaseUrl } from '../../vendors';

export const elm: LanguageSpecs = {
name: 'elm',
title: 'Elm',
compiler: {
factory: (_config, baseUrl) => {
(self as any).importScripts(baseUrl + '{{hash:lang-elm-compiler.js}}');
return (self as any).createElmCompiler();
},
},
extensions: ['elm'],
editor: 'script',
editorSupport: {
monaco: { languageSupport: monacoLanguagesBaseUrl + 'elm.js' },
codemirror: {
languageSupport: async () =>
codemirrorLegacy((await import(codeMirrorBaseUrl + 'codemirror-lang-elm.js')).elm),
},
},
largeDownload: true,
};
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