When to Use Ruby On Rails
Ruby on Rails runs on Ruby, which is an open source language that has been around since the 1990s. What is Ruby? One of…
Elixir
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Meet Sam Keer: Elixir and Javascript Developer, Boxer, Nature Enthusiast
Who is Sam Keer? Sam Keer is a software engineer who works with Elixir, Javascript, Ruby, and a dash of C#. Originally from Redwood…
Meet Crystal Adkins: Quiet, But Outspoken Elixir Developer
Where are you from? I grew up in a town in North Central Kentucky called Mount Washington; it’s just south of Louisville. I spent…
3 Approaches to Solving the New Year Chaos Logic Problem
Software engineer, Jonathan Walters, breaks down three approaches he took to solve the New Year Chaos logic problem from HackerRank.
My Favorite Functions and Patterns: Function Clauses in Elixir
Elixir is far too generous. I realize how cossetted I am when I go to use function clauses in JavaScript. Because you can’t do…
Elixir Releases: Moving Quickly Past Elixir 1.8 and Distillery 2.0
Elixir 1.9 has been released with built-in support for releases, a need that was previously served (and continues to be) by the Distillery package.
How to Delegate with Defdelegate
Software engineer and Elixir pro Bryan Joseph explains how to delegate functions to another module with a secret weapon, also knowns as defdelegate.
My Favorite Functions and Patterns: group_by
Thank you for joining me as I share my favorite functions and patterns in functional programming. Today’s focus is on the function group_by.
Functions: A Compilation of My Favorite Functions and Patterns in Functional Programming
This series shall be comprised of a series of micro-posts where each entry targets a single utility function or design pattern in functional programming.
NodeJS, an Elixir Library for Calling Node.js Functions
Having this Elixir-to-Node bridge allows us to use a tried-and-tested JavaScript library for our app while we get our Elixir client off the ground.
Monitoring Phoenix Applications and Recording Metrics
At Revelry, we are heavy users of DataDog so this solution leans heavily into putting metrics there.
Strong Types of Pattern Matching in Elixir
There are various ways to define the shape of the data you expect. This post shows the various forms pattern matching can take in Elixir.