Listen "39: Mix Install and ExDocs for Erlang with Wojtek Mach"
Episode Synopsis
Wojtek Mach returns and talks about the new Mix.install/2 feature coming in Elixir 1.12. We learn about some other features coming that will help script authors. We talk about OTP 24 and when we can expect 1.12 to be released, ExDocs support for Erlang libraries, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/39 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/39)
Elixir Community News
- https://twitter.com/elixirbookclub (https://twitter.com/elixirbookclub) – New Elixir Book Club
- Discord Elixir Book Club (Discord Elixir Book Club) – https://discord.gg/veN54bAmVa
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/4d2be245c0707698df22e9f659120e3daaa82186 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/4d2be245c0707698df22e9f659120e3daaa82186) – PR that makes doctests 4x faster
- https://twitter.com/sorentwo/status/1366547813128110083 (https://twitter.com/sorentwo/status/1366547813128110083) – Global concurrency limits and global rate limiting in Oban Pro release
- https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/029-running-jobs-using-oban-with-parker-selbert/ (https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/029-running-jobs-using-oban-with-parker-selbert/) – Previous interview with Parker Selbert about Oban and Oban Pro
- https://elixirforum.com/t/surface-a-component-based-library-for-phoenix-liveview/27671/95 (https://elixirforum.com/t/surface-a-component-based-library-for-phoenix-liveview/27671/95) – Surface 0.3.0 release
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1367759827905245185 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1367759827905245185) – Nx library gets early binding support for LibTorch (from PyTorch) as a custom backend
- https://dashbit.co/blog/goth-redesign (https://dashbit.co/blog/goth-redesign) – Wojtek Mach's blog post about Goth library redesign
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/10674 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/10674) – PR adding Mix.install support
- https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-lang-core/c/q0k2dX992HU (https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-lang-core/c/q0k2dX992HU) – Mix.install feature proposal discussion
- https://hexdocs.pm/hex_core/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/hex_core/readme.html) – Erlang doc example
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- https://www.erlang.org/news/144 (https://www.erlang.org/news/144)
- https://github.com/elixir-makeup/makeup (https://github.com/elixir-makeup/makeup)
- https://github.com/peburrows/goth (https://github.com/peburrows/goth)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/wojtekmach (https://twitter.com/wojtekmach) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/wojtekmach/ (https://github.com/wojtekmach/) – on Github
- https://dashbit.co/ (https://dashbit.co/) – Blog posts on Dashbit
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/39 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/39)
Elixir Community News
- https://twitter.com/elixirbookclub (https://twitter.com/elixirbookclub) – New Elixir Book Club
- Discord Elixir Book Club (Discord Elixir Book Club) – https://discord.gg/veN54bAmVa
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/4d2be245c0707698df22e9f659120e3daaa82186 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/4d2be245c0707698df22e9f659120e3daaa82186) – PR that makes doctests 4x faster
- https://twitter.com/sorentwo/status/1366547813128110083 (https://twitter.com/sorentwo/status/1366547813128110083) – Global concurrency limits and global rate limiting in Oban Pro release
- https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/029-running-jobs-using-oban-with-parker-selbert/ (https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/029-running-jobs-using-oban-with-parker-selbert/) – Previous interview with Parker Selbert about Oban and Oban Pro
- https://elixirforum.com/t/surface-a-component-based-library-for-phoenix-liveview/27671/95 (https://elixirforum.com/t/surface-a-component-based-library-for-phoenix-liveview/27671/95) – Surface 0.3.0 release
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1367759827905245185 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1367759827905245185) – Nx library gets early binding support for LibTorch (from PyTorch) as a custom backend
- https://dashbit.co/blog/goth-redesign (https://dashbit.co/blog/goth-redesign) – Wojtek Mach's blog post about Goth library redesign
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/10674 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/10674) – PR adding Mix.install support
- https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-lang-core/c/q0k2dX992HU (https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-lang-core/c/q0k2dX992HU) – Mix.install feature proposal discussion
- https://hexdocs.pm/hex_core/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/hex_core/readme.html) – Erlang doc example
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- https://www.erlang.org/news/144 (https://www.erlang.org/news/144)
- https://github.com/elixir-makeup/makeup (https://github.com/elixir-makeup/makeup)
- https://github.com/peburrows/goth (https://github.com/peburrows/goth)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/wojtekmach (https://twitter.com/wojtekmach) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/wojtekmach/ (https://github.com/wojtekmach/) – on Github
- https://dashbit.co/ (https://dashbit.co/) – Blog posts on Dashbit
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
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