What would make a backend language appealing to you?

[lpil]

@emarthinsen

I like the pattern matching of Elixir. That’s one thing that Elm doesn’t do.

Could you give an example here?

@Yoelis

One thing I love in Elm and I cannot find in another backend language is the built-in Architecture and the very clear and opinionated path between the toy app (with Browser.sandbox) and the fully-fledged application. It made the acculturation less scary for the total beginner I was.

I don’t know how it can transpose to Gleam but it’s definitely a concept that worths an investigation. Picking a language and having to choose between 4-5 frameworks doing too much or not enough is something that repeatedly made me give up my learning effort…

That’s a really good bit of info, thank you!

Have you tried Ruby’s Rails, Python’s Django or Elixir’s Phoenix? They’re very opinionated and convention based backend web frameworks that for me have fit that TEA-like niche. I would be interested in knowing if there’s something that could be improved from your point of view.