immutability in mutable world : Elixir
@maqboolism
https://www.maqbool.net
About Me
- Software Dev Intern @CampusBox
- Final Year Student @MSI
- Programming languages enthusiast
- Open Source Contributor
- Core volunteer @Elixir Delhi
- Founder of Turing Code Camp
- Hackathons Fanatic
What is Elixir?
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Concurrency
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isolation
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resilience
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scalability
credit: Elixir in Action by Saša Jurić from chapter 1
Supervisior
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Pipe Operator (|>)
other_function() |> new_function() |> baz() |> bar() |> foo()
Pattern Matching(=)
Metaprogramming
def defmacro case cond defmodule defp defstruct ...quote
unquote
Credit: www.elixirschool.com
Macros
credit: www.elixirschool.com
defmodule OurMacro do
defmacro unless(expr, do: block) do
quote do
if !unquote(expr), do: unquote(block)
end
end
end
iex> require OurMacro
nil
iex> OurMacro.unless true, do: "Hi"
nil
iex> OurMacro.unless false, do: "Hi"
"Hi"OTP
- OTP stands for Open Telecom Platform
Image credit : http://learnyousomeerlang.com/what-is-otp
Elixir Delhi Community
- meetup.com/Elixirlang-Delhi-NCR/
- t.me/elixirdelhi
- twitter.com/elixirdelhi
- facebook.com/ElixirDelhi/
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