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stefanchrobot
·há 5 anos·discuss
Why not both? I want the language to provide an iterable/enumerable interface with the usual generic workhorses (map, reduce, etc.) and allow me to implement that interface as a free function for any type. If I'm authoring a type, I'll add specialized functions as needed.
stefanchrobot
·há 5 anos·discuss
Very satisfied with Elixir! I think it just fits my way of thinking. I love the terse, but explicit code, the VM, OTP, pattern matching, working with immutable data, integrated tooling, documentation support. The community is great, too.

The popular packages are top-notch, but as others have said - there might be issues finding what you need. My personal experience seems to be the opposite though - when going from Elixir to Ruby, it turned out that some of the gems were really, really far from perfect.

In terms of deployment, my take is that the community has finally figured it out. Elixir is a compiled language, so there is a build-time configuration and runtime configuration and I think it's best to keep the two separate, which is now well supported by the new runtime config (Elixir >= 1.11). Mix releases + runtime.exs + Docker works for me perfectly.

If you're coming from RoR, you'll be able to pick up Phoenix really quickly. It draws a pretty clear line between your web layer and your business/app layer though. Writing controllers and views should be similar, but I'd suggest spending some time on Ecto - it's quite different from ActiveRecord (in a good way, IMO).

One thing I'm missing in Elixir is optional static typing akin of TypeScript, but that's not coming anywhere soon. Other than that, no regrets.

I got introduced to Elixir in 2015 and was trying to work with it full-time since then. I was able to get a full-time Elixir job and I'm really happy about that. If you're looking for opportunities, I'd suggest attending ElixirConf or ElixirConf EU - last year I got 5 interesting job opportunities from ElixirConf EU alone (it was a virtual event, so the ticket was cheap).
stefanchrobot
·há 5 anos·discuss
Oh, wow. The language was complex already and this makes me avoid C++ unless it's constrained to a narrow subset (something like Google C++ Style Guide). No wonder languages like Go and Rust gain so much traction.