Abstract So in Elm all <input>s, <select>s, & <textarea>s get their value out as a String—we can see that that is the case with Html.Event.targetValue. People will initially get a bit caught when they want to parse an integer from that String. Do I have my Msg take a String or do Json.Decode the value & then put the Result String Int on the message? Or do I Result.withDefault & just stick a 0 in the Msg?? —My Int-Parsing ComradeWhere this gets a little more confusing & more prone to error...