Elm Data Structure Evaluator

[torresmi]

The goal of this project is to create a nice website that helps Elm developers find and benchmark different data structures in the Elm ecosystem.

Evan created the idea here Initial project idea I started work on an implementation for that idea and made a post in elm-dev

If anyone would like to join that would be great. There are plenty of tasks that people can work on, such as design and implementation using Elm.

[danyadsmith]

Meetup Discussion Notes (04 Oct. 2017)

Reviewed high-level project goals in torresmi's Original repo.

• Categorize the Data Structures
  • List common use cases per category
  • Provide good resources to learn more about the data structure
• Filter by Data Structure Goal
  • Filter
  • Preserve Order
  • Uniqueness
  • etc.
• Exclude Data Structures that should not be used based on performance or other factors
  • Alternative proposal - include a Rating System that provides feedback on higher vs. lower quality (do not use) data structures
• Process for CRUDding Data Structures (need to add, etc.)

[danyadsmith]

Review of UI Ideas/Whiteboarding

• VisualAlgo

Comment: This UI is great when you know what you're looking for... How can we present a UI that guides the user to the right data structure based on what they want to do with the data...

[danyadsmith]

Another idea: Crowdsource feedback from the community on recommendations based on scenarios.

[danyadsmith]

Data to Collect on Each Data Structure (Ideas)

• Name
• Category
• Recommended (Boolean)
• Use Cases/Scenarios
  • Recommended
  • Not Recommended
• History
• Description
• Recommended Resources/Links
• Link to Actual Elm Data Structure Library
• Link to Elm Packages that use the Data Structure
• BigO Notation
• Visualization
• Library Author Commentary