Elixir Through Other Eyes: A Non-Rubyist Take

A lightning talk discussing experiences coming to Elixir as a mobile developer, not a Ruby developer, as is more common for new Elixirists. We see some ways in which the community might reach out to developers from other language communities, as well as brand new developers.

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1. ELIXIR THROUGH OTHER EYES A NON-RUBYIST'S TAKE @BenDiFrancesco
2. FEATURE
4. /** * * NOTE: Non-Rubyist * * @BenDiFrancesco * ben@scopelift.co * apbendi * scopelift.co * */
6. ELIXIR IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I HAVEN'T FELT THIS WAY SINCE I FIRST FOUND RUBY. Some Rubyist doing Elixir, probably
7. Some Rubyist doing Elixir, probably ELIXIR AND PHOENIX HEAVILY FAVOR EXPLICIT CODE.
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9. HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE LEARNING ELIXIR AS SOMEONE WHO…. ▸ Prefers a static type system and an IDE? ▸ Has been programming mostly in other ecosystems, for example .NET on Windows? ▸ Has a background in design and front end web technologies? ▸ Is learning Elixir as their first programming language?
11. /** * * NOTE: Non-Rubyist * * @BenDiFrancesco * ben@scopelift.co * apbendi * scopelift.co * */