A friend recently asked me this question.
And I feel it deserves a public reply (which we can discuss in depth as a thread).
And perhaps we can add a summary to the main README.md with a link to the issue,
so it's "discoverable" be other people who are new to Elixir.
Context
The friend who asked the question is a highly competent engineer who is proficient is C, Java, Python, Go and JavaScript, but new to Elixir/Erlang and "functional programming" in general.
While this repository/tutorial is meant to be targeted at "complete beginners",
(because we want the content to be approachable to everyone)
its worth adding a section for people who are proficient in other languages and may be considering trying Elixir out of curiosity.
Intro
Think of a time where you have discovered something new for the first time.
Most of the time people take the "discovery process" for granted
because it happens without much conscious effort.
The place you live, the clothes you wear, the food you eat, the people you socialise with,
for the most part on the result of conscious thought.
No "Marketing"
"Many of the companies that use Erlang refrain from discussing it for competitive reasons"
Q: Will My Company/Team Have Difficulty Recruiting/Training People?
Does your company currently have issues with recruiting/training people...?
Most companies (70%+ by latest figures) have trouble recruiting skilled/experienced people.
ses: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/01/09/pervasive-skill-shortages-across-uk-economy-drive-wages
Projects Built With Erlang/Elixir for Reliability & Scalability
Companies Using Elixir/Erlang in Production
"Prior Art", Inspiration and Background Reading
This question (or a similar gist) has been asked before:
Recommended Reading / Watching
Active and Thriving Community > User Groups, Forums and Chat
The London User Group for Elixir is the third biggest for a programming language after JavaScript and Python and is growing fast.
This means that there are plenty of people you can learn from/with by attending in-person meetups/events which are usually free.
A friend recently asked me this question.
And I feel it deserves a
publicreply (which we can discuss in depth as a thread).And perhaps we can add a summary to the main
README.mdwith a link to the issue,so it's "discoverable" be other people who are
newto Elixir.Context
The friend who asked the question is a highly competent engineer who is proficient is C, Java, Python, Go and JavaScript, but
newto Elixir/Erlang and "functional programming" in general.While this repository/tutorial is meant to be targeted at "complete beginners",
(because we want the content to be approachable to everyone)
its worth adding a section for people who are proficient in other languages and may be considering trying Elixir out of curiosity.
Intro
Think of a time where you have discovered something
newfor the first time.Most of the time people take the "discovery process" for granted
because it happens without much conscious effort.
The place you live, the clothes you wear, the food you eat, the people you socialise with,
for the most part on the result of conscious thought.
No "Marketing"
Q: Will My Company/Team Have Difficulty Recruiting/Training People?
Most companies (70%+ by latest figures) have trouble recruiting skilled/experienced people.
ses: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/01/09/pervasive-skill-shortages-across-uk-economy-drive-wages
Projects Built With Erlang/Elixir for Reliability & Scalability
RabitMQ one of the most popular message broker systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RabbitMQ
Apache CouchDB an open source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchDB used by: BBC, NPM, Credit Suisse, the Large Hadron Colider (LHC) at CERN etc.
Riak a distributed NoSQL key-value data store that offers high availability, fault tolerance, operational simplicity, and scalability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riak
Companies Using Elixir/Erlang in Production
"Prior Art", Inspiration and Background Reading
This question (or a similar gist) has been asked before:
Recommended Reading / Watching
Active and Thriving Community > User Groups, Forums and Chat
The London User Group for Elixir is the third biggest for a programming language after JavaScript and Python and is growing fast.
This means that there are plenty of people you can learn from/with by attending in-person meetups/events which are usually free.