Elixir - The Only Sane Choice in an Insane World

Explore the advantages of Elixir for building fast, scalable backends in this 50-minute conference talk from GOTO Chicago 2017. Discover why Elixir stands out as a sane choice in an increasingly complex development landscape. Learn about Erlang's foundations, Elixir's enhancements, and key features like pattern matching and the Erlang VM. Delve into practical applications, including WebSockets, push notifications, and supervisors. Compare Elixir's functional programming approach to Ruby's object-oriented paradigm, and understand how Elixir addresses modern development challenges. Gain insights into deploying Elixir applications and leveraging its strengths in frameworks like Phoenix.

Intro
About Dockyard
Why the Insanity
What is Erlang
Why Erlang
What Elixir inherited
What Elixir adds
Pattern matching
Erlang VM
Deployment
WebSockets
Case Study
The Big Problem
Elixir in Phoenix
Push Notifications
WhatsApp
GenServer
Gen Server
Let it Die
Supervisors
Starting a Supervisor
Ruby Makes You Happy
ObjectOriented Programming
Functional Programming