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    Elixir References

References, resources, evaluation, and tips for Elixir
Resources


Dave Thomas Elixir Conf 2014 Keynote (Youtube)
José Valim - Elixir Portal Example (howistart.org)
Elixir Std Lib Reference (elixir-lang.org)

Wot I like

1. Pipelines

tbd description. Unix-like
2. Polymorphism and pattern matching (function overloading)

tbd
3. Dynamic, strong typing

tbd
4. Awesome toolchain

Mix, hex, exunit, iex
5. Compiles to erlang beam application

Elixir not required at runtime
6. Functional, but only as much as you want it to be

Wildly different from traditional OO languages (Java, PHP, C#).
Wot I don't like

1. Difficult to track dependencies, imports

tbd
2. Lack of typehinting

tbd
3. Lack of elseif

cond doesn't count!
Tips

1. Interfaces == Behaviours

tbd
2. How to create bins

tbd, Generate escript