Elm 0.19.2 released!

[NewsBot]

Elm 0.19.2 has been released.

Elm 0.19.2 introduces some compiler performance upgrades, so your builds may get a bit faster! More info is available here:

• Faster Builds with Elm 0.19.2

There are no language changes, so once you swap to "elm-version": "0.19.2" in your elm.json file, you should be able to proceed without any further code changes.

Install

The links below include (1) a Mac and Windows installer and (2) 64-bit binaries for various platforms.

Install

For examples of downloading the binaries directly, read the instructions here or here.

Link: Release 0.19.2 · elm/compiler · GitHub

[jkdiaz]

Wow, it’s been quite a while. I thought Elm was dead.

[brennan]

Elm creator seems to be looking forward to v1.0.

[faust]

So did they resume work on Elm?

I remember that about 10 years ago there was quite a buzz around it.. and then the author seemed to stop working on it.

I wonder what happened…

[gfqdjb]

Wasn’t expecting to see a new Elm release. I just checked, and the previous one was almost 7 years ago. Elm has always been one of those projects that everyone took inspiration from, but not many people actually used.

[mortz]

This news made me more happy than I expected. So good to see activity on such a beautiful and compact language.

[alvinkatojr]

@jkdiaz

Wow, it’s been quite a while. I thought Elm was dead.

I thought so too, @jkdiaz . It had a buzz and then sorta disappeared. It seems the ghost has resurrected.

@faust

So did they resume work on Elm?

I remember that about 10 years ago there was quite a buzz around it.. and then the author seemed to stop working on it.

I wonder what happened…

My thoughts exactly, @faust. While it’s nice to see a new release, it might be a case of too little too late. The last blog post before this one was in 2019. That’s a long time, and I know many companies have already moved on or switched stacks.