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Oops, I Elm Tutorial'd Again

So I got "tricked" into running another Elm tutorial.

This time I tried to focus more on Signals and the graphics, and less on HTML.

Overall I think it went better, but everyone (including me) ran out of steam after the food arrived, so I should have stopped it there. Future lesson: Elm basics + Signals in tutorial 1, Models, updates and maybe Effects in tutorial 2. I think I can crack this Elm teaching thing soon.

Thanks to Functional Kats for putting up with, I mean, hosting me :)

You can find all my slides, exercises and code in https://github.com/micktwomey/elm-functionalkats-tutorial

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