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@whatyouhide

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TIMELINE

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Erlang 1988 Ruby 1993 Programming Ruby 2001 Rails 2004 Elixir 2011 Clojure 2007 7 Languages in 7 Weeks 2010

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2011 Elixir Jun 2013 Ecto ElixirConf Jul 2014 Phoenix Jan 2014 Elixir 1.0 Sep 2014 Programming Elixir Oct 2014

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LANGUAGE EVOLUTION

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team COMMUNITY ecosystem

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team • coordination • quality assurance • maintenance

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Community • experimentation • ecosystem • usage

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has Elixir been growing?

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CONTRIBUTORS new contributors 0 55 110 165 220 year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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Elixir conferences

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ElixirConf 2014

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ElixirConf 2015 ElixirConf EU ElixirConf MX

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2016 ElixirConf EU ElixirDaze EMPEX ElixirConf Elixir.LDN ElixirConf MX

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2017 LoneStar ElixirConf ElixirDaze Erlang & Elixir Factory ElixirConf EMPEX Elixir With Love Elixir.LDN ElixirConf EU ElixirConf MX

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2018 LoneStar ElixirConf ElixirDaze EMPEX LA ElixirConf EMPEX Elixir Brazil Code Elixir ElixirConf EU Ruby & Elixir Taiwan Gig City Elixir The Big Elixir ElixirConf MX

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Hex new Hex users 0 450 900 1350 1800 year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (users)

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Hex new Hex users 0 600 1200 1800 2400 year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (packages)

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Hex new Hex users 0 500000 1000000 1500000 2000000 year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (downloads)

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things we got better at

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Ruby Erlang otp?

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Erlang Ruby

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Lisp Clojure Erlang Ruby

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more attention tow ards OTP

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[1, [2], 3] |> List.flatten()  |> Enum.map(fn x -> x * 2 end)

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significant events

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the importance of ecto

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shows a new w a y to do things

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data + pure code

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v alidates metaprogramming in elixir

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shows power of metaprogramming (will slightl y regret later)

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phoenix

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hooks users on Elixir through web channels

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nerves

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Elixir is not just for the web?!

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GROWTH factors (key)

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docs

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tooling/ux/developer happiness

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xref IEx breakpoints syntax highlighting in IEx formatter ExUnit diff

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community ❤

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What's next

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what will the team focus on?

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maintenance research + + developer happiness

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/ community ecosystem

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elixir gets picked up by big companies (hopefully)

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Ecosystem will get larger and better

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less core contributors more ecosystem contributors

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commits commits 0 700 1400 2100 2800 year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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CONTRIBUTORS new contributors 0 55 110 165 220 year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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less elixir contributors more beam contributors

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elixir erlang

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commits to OTP by Elixir team 0 10 20 30 40 year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Erlang CONTRIBUTORS