May 04, 2023

Saša Jurić on The Future of Training & Education in Elixir

46 minutes

Today on Elixir Wizards, Sundi Myint and Owen Bickford are joined by Saša Jurić, distinguished developer, mentor, and author of Elixir in Action. They discuss the future of training and education in Elixir, challenges faced by new Elixir developers, Phoenix generators, peer mentorship, the emergence of types, and when it’s time to close the umbrella.

Key Takeaways:

The functional programming paradigm, the actor model, and concurrency

Adapting to the Elixir syntax and tooling

The role of community, mentorship, and continuous learning in Elixir education

The pros and cons of Phoenix generators for Elixir development

Customizing templates in the Phoenix priv directory to better suit individual needs

The importance of understanding and adapting generated code for maintainability and proper abstractions

Importance of having a clear separation between core and interface

Adapting to different opinions and preferences within a development team

Refactoring and restructuring code to improve quality and reduce complexity

Static typing for better documentation and the limitations of dynamic code

Umbrella apps vs. mix configuration and how to avoid complexity

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Enter to win a copy of Elixir in Action: https://smr.tl/2023bookgiveaway

Elixir in Action by Saša Jurić https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action

35% discount code for book on manning.com: podexwizards20

Saša’s Website/Blog TheErlangelist.com

Towards Maintainable Elixir - Saša Jurić's Medium Blog Article Series

Boundary: Managing cross-module dependencies in Elixir projects

Site Encrypt: Integrated Certification via Let's Encrypt for Elixir-powered sites

Authentication Generator in Phoenix: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/mix_phx_gen_auth.html

Ecto query generator for Elixir https://hexdocs.pm/ecto/Ecto.html

GraphQL: Query language for APIs https://graphql.org/

Dialyxir: https://hexdocs.pm/dialyxir/readme.html

Nx (Numerical Elixir) GitHub Repository: https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx

ElixirLS (Elixir Language Server) GitHub Repository: https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls

Special Guest: Saša Jurić.

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