Elixir

Why we love Elixir

• Elixir is fast, like really, really fast. Take a look at elixir v rails to find out just how fast.
• A lot of us started with or know Ruby/Rails. Syntactically, Elixir/Phoenix are quite close, so adopting it was pretty easy.
• Being a functional language, it is easier for us to debug code because the code is explicitly housed in modules.
• Immutability. Functions do not mutate data in your variables, which lessens the headache of wondering where your variables may have changed.

More of our Elixir practices can be found here:

• Absinthe and GraphQL - A graphql package for elixir
• Setting up Webpack on Phoenix - Basics on how to setup webpack on phoenix
• Phoenix context modules - An insight on how Mashup writes contexts
• Mashup practices - Some of Mashup's practices using elixir

Want to know more about Elixir? Go to elixir-lang.org