Elixir 1.11

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Post by nifoc » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 2:38 PM UTC

Elixir 1.11
elixir-lang.org

Re: Elixir 1.11

#2

Post by ramchip » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:14 PM UTC

It's great to see some type checking sneaking in Elixir :)

Re: Elixir 1.11

#3

Post by bot41 » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:18 PM UTC

I started to learn Elixir and Phoenix awhile ago. I liked it but stopped due to (i) there's no job opportunities near me for Elixir and I wanted to the learning/projects I do on my own to help me in interviews; and (ii) it's not a strongly typed language which I have come to learn is my favored type of language

Re: Elixir 1.11

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Post by ianleeclark » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:20 PM UTC

> IEx also has been improved to show the documentation for Erlang modules directly from your Elixir terminal.

This is a really nice change for those of us who straddle both languages. I've done a fair bit of work with both ets and the crypto module and having to jump into and out of firefox felt at odds with the rest of the development experience.

Re: Elixir 1.11

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Post by ch4s3 » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:21 PM UTC

I know support for the map.field syntax in guards is a bit controversial, but I'm really excited about it!

Re: Elixir 1.11

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Post by andy_ppp » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:24 PM UTC

ianleeclark wrote: post #4

> IEx also has been improved to show the documentation for Erlang modules directly from your Elixir terminal. This is a really nice change for those of us who straddle both languages. I've done a fair bit of work with both ets and the crypto module and having to jump into and out of firefox felt at odds with the rest of the development experience.

Also the online Erlang docs are arguably even more utilitarian than iex docs output...

Re: Elixir 1.11

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Post by elcritch » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:30 PM UTC

andy_ppp wrote: post #6

ianleeclark wrote: post #4

> IEx also has been improved to show the documentation for Erlang modules directly from your Elixir terminal. This is a really nice change for those of us who straddle both languages. I've done a fair bit of work with both ets and the crypto module and having to jump into and out of firefox felt at odds with the rest of the development experience.

Also the online Erlang docs are arguably even more utilitarian than iex docs output...

That made me laugh, but it's true. The Erlang docs are like 1980's brutalist architecture. Functional but utilitarian. But it's great to have the Erlang docs in IEx; it's my favorite docs interface.

Re: Elixir 1.11

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Post by ch4s3 » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:33 PM UTC

elcritch wrote: post #7

andy_ppp wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also the online Erlang docs are arguably even more utilitarian than iex docs output...

That made me laugh, but it's true. The Erlang docs are like 1980's brutalist architecture. Functional but utilitarian. But it's great to have the Erlang docs in IEx; it's my favorite docs interface.

Yeah, IEx's h/1 function is great. I just wish it had some sort of built in search for when you don't really know exactly the Module and function you're looking for.

Re: Elixir 1.11

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Post by andy_ppp » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

bot41 wrote: post #3

I started to learn Elixir and Phoenix awhile ago. I liked it but stopped due to (i) there's no job opportunities near me for Elixir and I wanted to the learning/projects I do on my own to help me in interviews; and (ii) it's not a strongly typed language which I have come to learn is my favored type of language

I’m starting to see more and more jobs here in London, including one with live view.

Re: Elixir 1.11

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Post by pmarreck » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 3:36 PM UTC

ch4s3 wrote: post #5

I know support for the map.field syntax in guards is a bit controversial, but I'm really excited about it!

I actually already built that functionality in the past using macros so it might be similar