DrupalCon Vienna 2017: Elm and Haskell -- Getting off the island. Way off.

This talk provides an overview of the transition from traditional Drupal development to a decoupled approach, highlighting the use of Elm for the front end and Drupal as the back end. The speaker discusses the benefits and challenges of adopting a headless architecture, emphasizing their experiences with Drupal's capabilities and limitations, particularly in relation to PHP. The session introduces attendees to alternative frameworks and programming paradigms, showcasing Elm and Yesod, a framework based on Haskell, and aims to broaden the understanding of web development for Drupal developers. No prior knowledge of functional programming, Elm, or Haskell is necessary to benefit from this session.