Listen "87: Reviewing Elixir with José Valim - Part 2"
Episode Synopsis
José Valim returns to continue with part 2 of our 5 part series as we count down to the 10 year anniversary of the Elixir project we know and love. In Part 2, we talk through the Elixir releases of 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6. We still manage to sneak in discussions about some new things in Elixir 1.13 and the upcoming release. We go deeper on GenStage, Registry, and growing up through production releases. We also learn about the history with unicode while touching on the recent unicode security issues that hit everywhere. We get some behind the scenes insights about the Elixir formatter and the complex logic required to bring ExUnit's pretty diff features, and much more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/87 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/87)
Elixir Community News
- https://twitter.com/importantshock/status/1491835261705199620 (https://twitter.com/importantshock/status/1491835261705199620) – GitHub code search based navigation now works with Elixir
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1491833991401463809 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1491833991401463809) – José Valim credits the work and says the 10th language to get this feature.
- https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/445 (https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/445) – GitHub public roadmap item - Advisory Database, Elixir/mix support
- https://github.com/dependabot/elixir-security-advisories (https://github.com/dependabot/elixir-security-advisories) – Dependabot Elixir security advisories
- https://github.com/readme/featured/server-side-languages-for-front-end (https://github.com/readme/featured/server-side-languages-for-front-end) – GitHub published an article feature Elixir and LiveView
- https://anchor.fm/helloerlang (https://anchor.fm/helloerlang) – New Erlang focused podcast called “Hello Erlang!”
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1492464780480856069 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1492464780480856069) – New versions of makeup, flow, nimbleparsec, nimblepool, and plug were released.
- https://github.com/elixir-makeup/makeup (https://github.com/elixir-makeup/makeup) – Makeup is a "generic syntax highlighter" used in ExDoc
- https://github.com/dashbitco/nimble_parsec (https://github.com/dashbitco/nimble_parsec)
- https://github.com/dashbitco/flow (https://github.com/dashbitco/flow)
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug (https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug)
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://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/82 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/82) – Part 1 - Episode 82
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.4/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.4/CHANGELOG.md) – CHANGELOG v1.4
- https://elixirforum.com/ (https://elixirforum.com/)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarrassingly_parallel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarrassingly_parallel)
- https://hexdocs.pm/flow/Flow.html (https://hexdocs.pm/flow/Flow.html)
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Task.html#async_stream/3 (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Task.html#async_stream/3)
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Registry.html (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Registry.html)
- https://github.com/bitwalker/distillery (https://github.com/bitwalker/distillery)
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.5/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.5/CHANGELOG.md) – CHANGELOG v1.5
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/v1.3/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/v1.3/CHANGELOG.md) – Phoenix 1.3 released
- https://trojansource.codes/ (https://trojansource.codes/)
- https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.Pry.html (https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.Pry.html)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4uE-jTB_Uk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4uE-jTB_Uk) – The Feature That No One Knew About in Elixir 1.5 - José Valim
- https://github.com/rrrene/credo (https://github.com/rrrene/credo)
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.6/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.6/CHANGELOG.md) – CHANGELOG v1.6
- https://medium.com/@JakeBeckerCode/introducing-elixirls-the-elixir-language-server-d449bbbdfc01 (https://medium.com/@JakeBeckerCode/introducing-elixirls-the-elixir-language-server-d449bbbdfc01)
- mix test --slowest 3
- CMD+\ or CTRL+\
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/josevalim (https://twitter.com/josevalim) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/josevalim (https://github.com/josevalim) – on Github
- https://dashbit.co/ (https://dashbit.co/) – Dashbit website and blog
- https://erlef.org/news/ (https://erlef.org/news/) – The Erlang Ecosystem Foundation news
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/87 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/87)
Elixir Community News
- https://twitter.com/importantshock/status/1491835261705199620 (https://twitter.com/importantshock/status/1491835261705199620) – GitHub code search based navigation now works with Elixir
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1491833991401463809 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1491833991401463809) – José Valim credits the work and says the 10th language to get this feature.
- https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/445 (https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/445) – GitHub public roadmap item - Advisory Database, Elixir/mix support
- https://github.com/dependabot/elixir-security-advisories (https://github.com/dependabot/elixir-security-advisories) – Dependabot Elixir security advisories
- https://github.com/readme/featured/server-side-languages-for-front-end (https://github.com/readme/featured/server-side-languages-for-front-end) – GitHub published an article feature Elixir and LiveView
- https://anchor.fm/helloerlang (https://anchor.fm/helloerlang) – New Erlang focused podcast called “Hello Erlang!”
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1492464780480856069 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1492464780480856069) – New versions of makeup, flow, nimbleparsec, nimblepool, and plug were released.
- https://github.com/elixir-makeup/makeup (https://github.com/elixir-makeup/makeup) – Makeup is a "generic syntax highlighter" used in ExDoc
- https://github.com/dashbitco/nimble_parsec (https://github.com/dashbitco/nimble_parsec)
- https://github.com/dashbitco/flow (https://github.com/dashbitco/flow)
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug (https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug)
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://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/82 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/82) – Part 1 - Episode 82
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.4/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.4/CHANGELOG.md) – CHANGELOG v1.4
- https://elixirforum.com/ (https://elixirforum.com/)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarrassingly_parallel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarrassingly_parallel)
- https://hexdocs.pm/flow/Flow.html (https://hexdocs.pm/flow/Flow.html)
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Task.html#async_stream/3 (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Task.html#async_stream/3)
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Registry.html (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Registry.html)
- https://github.com/bitwalker/distillery (https://github.com/bitwalker/distillery)
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.5/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.5/CHANGELOG.md) – CHANGELOG v1.5
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/v1.3/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/v1.3/CHANGELOG.md) – Phoenix 1.3 released
- https://trojansource.codes/ (https://trojansource.codes/)
- https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.Pry.html (https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.Pry.html)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4uE-jTB_Uk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4uE-jTB_Uk) – The Feature That No One Knew About in Elixir 1.5 - José Valim
- https://github.com/rrrene/credo (https://github.com/rrrene/credo)
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.6/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.6/CHANGELOG.md) – CHANGELOG v1.6
- https://medium.com/@JakeBeckerCode/introducing-elixirls-the-elixir-language-server-d449bbbdfc01 (https://medium.com/@JakeBeckerCode/introducing-elixirls-the-elixir-language-server-d449bbbdfc01)
- mix test --slowest 3
- CMD+\ or CTRL+\
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/josevalim (https://twitter.com/josevalim) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/josevalim (https://github.com/josevalim) – on Github
- https://dashbit.co/ (https://dashbit.co/) – Dashbit website and blog
- https://erlef.org/news/ (https://erlef.org/news/) – The Erlang Ecosystem Foundation news
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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