RAILS + ELIXIR 

RAILS + ELIXIR INTRODUCTION ▸ Rails pros ▸ Rails cons ▸ Elixir pros ▸ Elixir cons ▸ Combining Elixir with Rails ▸ Code Examples 

RAILS PROS ▸ Tooling - app structure, common patterns ▸ Libraries - gems ▸ Large Community ▸ Productivity 

RAILS CONS ▸ Runtime Speed ▸ Boot Speed ▸ Multithreading ▸ Concurrency ▸ Mutable state 

ELIXIR PROS ▸ Erlang!! ▸ Ruby like syntax ▸ Fault tolerant, do or do not there is no try - yoda ▸ Better utilises multiple processors ▸ Functional, immutable state 

ELIXIR CONS ▸ Small community ▸ Learning curve (FP approach) ▸ Not that fast ▸ Functional 

COMBINING RAILS AND ELIXIR ▸ Background jobs in elixir/phoenix ▸ Elixir is more performant than ruby ▸ Handling concurrency is a breeze with Elixir