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
   

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2. FEATURE
   

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4. /**
   *
   * NOTE: Non-Rubyist
   *
   * @BenDiFrancesco
   * ben@scopelift.co
   * apbendi
   * scopelift.co
   *
   */
   

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6. ELIXIR IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I
   HAVEN'T FELT THIS WAY SINCE
   I FIRST FOUND RUBY.
   Some Rubyist doing Elixir, probably
   

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7. Some Rubyist doing Elixir, probably
   ELIXIR AND PHOENIX HEAVILY
   FAVOR EXPLICIT CODE.
   

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8. + (void)fadeInThenOutLabel:(UILabel __weak *_Nonnull)label withMessage:(NSString *_Nonnull)message
   {
   label.text = message;
   [self cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget:self
   selector:@selector(fadeLabelOut:)
   object:label];
   [UIView animateWithDuration:0.2f animations:^{
   label.alpha = 1.0f;
   } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
   [self performSelector:@selector(fadeLabelOut:)
   withObject:label
   afterDelay:5.0f];
   }];
   }
   

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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?
   

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11. /**
    *
    * NOTE: Non-Rubyist
    *
    * @BenDiFrancesco
    * ben@scopelift.co
    * apbendi
    * scopelift.co
    *
    */
    

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