With hot code reloading, high reliability and fault-tolerant of BEAM, I feel that writing web apps is like writing carrier class applications.
Elixir v1.3 released
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Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#32I've never really looked into Elixir. I'm a Python guy and readability is the first thing that makes me love or hate a new language. Considering I've always found Erlang fairly obtuse visually I am surprised by how easy on the eye Elixir is. I found this quote very telling: > "Elixir is simply the first language since Ruby to really care about code beauty and UX of the language, libraries and ecosystem." (found here:…
Of course they meant 'Python' instead of 'Ruby' but hey ;-)
I've made the switch from Ruby to Python, mostly for the scipy/numpy/pandas/jupyter support (and performance) - but I don't think I'll ever get away from the feeling with Python that I have to look up how to do things that felt natural in Ruby.
Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#33Awesome! Elixir is quickly becoming my new go to language for the web apps and more. Come for concurrency, stay for metaprogramming. :-)
Same here. As with my Rails development ten years ago, I feel like I have some secret weapons that not many have when I'm using Elixir/Phoenix.
Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#34How are the resource usage and performance for Elixir/Phoenix compared to Ruby/Rails and even something like Java/Spring Boot?
Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#35Elixir 1.3 and Ecto 2.0 are now both released. That means Phoenix 1.2 will be released ASAP. Definitely give the Programming Phoenix book a read if you haven't already. The Elixir/Phoenix stack should be ready for most production environments now. https://pragprog.com/book/phoenix/programming-phoenix
Is there a good guide to Ecto? Aside from OTP, it's the part I have the most trouble with in Phoenix/Elixir.
Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#36If you're looking for a reason to migrate from a stack like Ruby/Rails to Elixir/Phoenix you should check out my RailsConf talk on that exact subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxhTQdcieQE
Great talk.
Is it hard to find developers familiar with elixir/phoenix? Or is hiring RoR developers and training them to work on elixir/phoenix a better option than specifically hiring people familiar with elixir/phoenix?
Just curious to learn about your experience, as there is not much data available on hiring elixir/phoenix devs.
Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#37If you're looking for a reason to migrate from a stack like Ruby/Rails to Elixir/Phoenix you should check out my RailsConf talk on that exact subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxhTQdcieQE
Great talk. Is it hard to find developers familiar with elixir/phoenix? Or is hiring RoR developers and training them to work on elixir/phoenix a better option than specifically hiring people familiar with elixir/phoenix? Just curious to learn about your experience, as there is not much data available on hiring elixir/phoenix devs.
Most of our Elixir/Phoenix clients have retrained existing Rails devs. As I spoke about in the talk, the initial retraining period is about a week. Reading Part One of the PragProg Programming Phoenix book will introduce the dev to Elixir syntax and FP basics. Their existing knowledge of Rails can be applied to Phoenix apps where they can start making contributions.
However, this does not make expert Elixir or Phoenix devs. Reading up and learning about OTP and how concurrency works in Elixir/Erlang is necessary to continue to advance.
Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#38The proper announcement can also be found on our page: http://elixir-lang.org/blog/2016/06/21/elixir-v1-3-0-release... It is slightly better formatted and contains images from the graph commands and ExUnit diff format.
Minor usability suggestion, for newbies: replace lhs/rhs in the test diff with expected/actual.
Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#39If you're looking for a reason to migrate from a stack like Ruby/Rails to Elixir/Phoenix you should check out my RailsConf talk on that exact subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxhTQdcieQE
Thanks for all the work you and the good folks at Dockyard put into Elixir Phoenix and Ember.js, my entire stack nowadays is run with Ember in the front and Phoenix in the back, so I very much appreciate all the great addons, packages, talks, etc., you guys have given.
Re: Elixir v1.3 released
#40Elixir 1.3 and Ecto 2.0 are now both released. That means Phoenix 1.2 will be released ASAP. Definitely give the Programming Phoenix book a read if you haven't already. The Elixir/Phoenix stack should be ready for most production environments now. https://pragprog.com/book/phoenix/programming-phoenix
Is there a good guide to Ecto? Aside from OTP, it's the part I have the most trouble with in Phoenix/Elixir.
Somehow I've never heard of "sectors" and google isn't any help.
Is there a different name for this concept used in Elixir/Erlang world?