What is the correct way of initializing an elm application

Question

The documentation for Elm\'s Random module states:

A good way to get an unexpected seed is to use the current time. http://package.elm-

Answer 1

If you are using the StartApp then you'll need to use a custom HTML file with

Then to use the startTime as a seed:

startTimeSeed : Seed
startTimeSeed = Random.initialSeed <| round startTime

app =
  StartApp.start
    { init = (init startTimeSeed, Effects.none)
    , update = update
    , view = view
    , inputs = []
    }

And then in the code you'll be doing something like

init : Seed -> List Int
init seed = fst <| Random.generate intList seed

where, for example:

intList : Random.Generator (List Int)
intList =
    Random.list 5 (Random.int 0 100)