mdgriffith/elm-ui

CSS and HTML are actually quite difficult to use when you're trying to do the layout and styling of a web page.

This library is a complete alternative to HTML and CSS. Basically you can just write your app using this library and (mostly) never have to think about HTML and CSS again.

The high level goal of this library is to be a design toolkit that draws inspiration from the domains of design, layout, and typography, as opposed to drawing from the ideas as implemented in CSS and HTML.

(Readme.md from the package)

main : Html msg
main = 
    Element.layout [] <|
        row [ width fill, centerY, spacing 30 ]
            [ myElement
            , myElement
            , el [ alignRight ] <|
                el
                    [ Background.color (rgb255 240 0 245)
                    , Font.color (rgb255 255 255 255)
                    , Border.rounded 3
                    , padding 30
                    ] <|
                text "stylish!"
            ]      

This is a summary of the talk Building a Toolkit for Design by Matthew Griffith.

Basics

Function	Description
layout : List (Attribute msg) -> Element msg -> Html msg	Converts Elm-UI into Html.
text : String -> Element msg	Some text.
el : List (Attribute msg) -> Element msg -> Element msg	A basic element similar to div from HTML.
row : List (Attribute msg) -> List (Element msg) -> Element msg	A row of elements.
column : List (Attribute msg) -> List (Element msg) -> Element msg	A column of elements.

Alignment

This subject is explained at 3:26 in the Video.

Function	Description
centerX : Attribute msg	Horizontally centers anything.
centerY : Attribute msg	Vertically centers anything.
alignLeft : Attribute msg	Alignes anything with the left edge of the screen.
alignRight : Attribute msg	Alignes anything with the right edge of the screen.
alignTop : Attribute msg	Alignes anything with the top edge of the screen.
alignBottom : Attribute msg	Algines anything with the bottom edge of the screen.

Padding and Spacing

This subject is explained at 7:32 in the Video.

Function	Description
padding : Int -> Attribute msg	Creates space around the parent
spacing : Int -> Attribute msg	Creates space between the children

Size

This subject is explained at 9:15 in the Video.

Function	Description
width : Length -> Attribute msg	Specifies the width of an Element
height : Length -> Attribute msg	Specifies the height of an Element
fill : Length	Fills the entire space

Text Layout

This subject is explained at 12:47 in the Video.

Function	Description
paragraph : List (Attribute msg) -> List (Element msg) -> Element msg	Defines a Paragraph. Attributes like alignment, padding and spacing will effect the lines of the paragraph

Further Reading

• 📖Book: An Introduction to Style Elements for Elm by Matthew Griffith

• 📄Article: Elm-ui: Forget CSS and enjoy creating UIs in pure Elm by Alex Korban

• 🎥Video: Building a Toolkit for Design by Matthew Griffith