158: From Ruby to Elixir with Steve Bussey

A challenge for many people learning Elixir is the change in the mental model. Coming from OOP to Functional changes how we reason about our applications and the old way doesn't always map over cleanly. Also, Elixir is capable of doing a lot more than other languages and frameworks can and this means learning how to build a “normal” application may change. We talk with Steve Bussey about his new book “From Ruby to Elixir” that aims to help people bridge that gap. While the title says “Ruby”, we discuss how many of the concepts apply to people coming from most OOP languages. We talk about different libraries to recommend to people coming from a traditional Rails stack and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/158 Elixir Community News https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/security/advisories/GHSA-564w-97r7-c6p9 – Livebook security advisory for Windows installs https://twitter.com/livebookdev/status/1671576191461990407 – Livebook security notice on Twitter https://www.twitch.tv/josevalim/videos?filter=highlights&sort=time – José Valim shared where we can find past Twitch videos https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-v1-15-0-released/56584/6 – Workaround for Elixir 1.15.0 with issues compiling the Erlang dependency ssl_verify_fun. https://twitter.com/ac_alejos/status/1672351346278944769 – New Decision Tree library called Mockingjay takes advantage of Nx https://github.com/acalejos/mockingjay – Mockingjay Decision Tree library https://twitter.com/zachsdaniel1/status/1673278949667885057 – The EEF (Erlang Ecosystem Foundation) approved the creation of a new working group. https://erlef.org/wg/libs-and-frameworks – the Libraries and Frameworks working group page https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1672248650502660098 – Ash Framework released 2.11.0-rc.0 is out https://github.com/CargoSense/briefly – Noticed "briefly" is a library to help manage temporary files https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1672828839574089728 – Isaac Yonemoto released 0.1 of his OpenAPI router library Apical https://hexdocs.pm/apical – Apical github project https://www.elixir-tools.dev/next-ls/ – Mitch Hanberg sharing some early progress with his Next-LS project. https://twitter.com/royalicing/status/1671689512685301762 – Patrick Smith shared a sneak peak of a new library called Orb for compiling Elixir code to WebAssembly https://github.com/ComponentsGuide/components_guide/tree/master/lib/components_guide/wasm – The OpenSource project where Orb code will be extracted from. Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected] Discussion Resources https://twitter.com/YOOOODAAAA/status/1663988571047354371 – Twitter post announcing Beta version of the book. https://pragprog.com/titles/sbelixir/from-ruby-to-elixir/ https://www.supered.io/ https://pragprog.com/titles/sbsockets/real-time-phoenix/ – Previous book "Real-Time Phoenix” published in March 2020. https://www.supered.io https://github.com/elixir-tesla/tesla https://github.com/wojtekmach/req Guest Information https://twitter.com/YOOOODAAAA – on Twitter https://github.com/sb8244/ – on Github http://www.stephenbussey.com/ – Blog Find us online Message the show - @ThinkingElixir Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected] Email the show - [email protected] Mark Ericksen - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected] David Bernheisel - @bernheisel David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected] Cade Ward - @cadebward Cade Ward on Fediverse - @[email protected] Sponsored By:Fly.io: Fly.io is a great place to deploy your next Phoenix application! Check them out!