Episode 8
008: The Builder Pattern
We discuss the tradeoffs of using the builder pattern and how to get started with it.
July 13, 202057m 56s
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Show Notes
What is a Builder?
- Init a builder data structure with a set of reasonable defaults
- Customize those defaults through a series of chained function calls
- Builders have the same type for the return type and final argument, so that they work nicely in a pipeline
Resources and Examples
- Luke Westby's http-builder package
- Brian Hicks' Robot Buttons from Mars talk
- elm-review package docs
- elm-pages/phantom builder live coding
- Richard Feldman's Oslo Elm Days keynote