The Magic of Elixir
summary
Introduces Elixir, a programming language combining Ruby-like productivity with Erlang’s robustness and performance. Focuses briefly on language features and then on why Elixir is well-suited for building concurrent and distributed systems.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Conference introduction
- 2:09Erlang origins at Ericsson
- 9:40Erlang limits for web
- 15:19What is Elixir and why use it
- 18:15Pattern matching in Elixir
- 22:30Practical code examples
- 27:24Binary data manipulation
- 30:41List comprehensions and functions
- 33:57Macros and AST in Elixir
- 38:44Unicode support and docs
- 41:33Lightweight processes and state
- 47:04Books and learning resources
- 52:44Elixir vs Erlang strategy
- 55:25Q&A
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