The Evolution of a Language

I gave roughly the same talk at ElixirConf Mexico in Mexico City the week before this one.

Transcript

1. The
   LANGUAGE
   LANGUAGE
   EVOLUTION
   EVOLUTION
   of a
   The
   of a
   Photo by Yousef Espanioly on Unsplash
   

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2. @whatyouhide
   

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8. weedmaps.com/careers
   

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9. TIMELINE
   

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

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11. 2011
    Elixir
    Jun 2013
    Ecto ElixirConf
    Jul 2014
    Phoenix
    Jan 2014
    Elixir 1.0
    Sep 2014
    Programming Elixir
    Oct 2014
    

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12. LANGUAGE
    EVOLUTION
    

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13. team COMMUNITY ecosystem
    

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14. team
    •
    coordination
    •
    quality assurance
    •
    maintenance
    

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15. Community
    •
    experimentation
    •
    ecosystem
    •
    usage
    

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16. has Elixir been
    growing?
    

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

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18. Elixir conferences
    

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19. ElixirConf
    2014
    

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20. ElixirConf
    2015
    ElixirConf EU
    ElixirConf MX
    

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21. 2016
    ElixirConf EU
    ElixirDaze
    EMPEX
    ElixirConf
    Elixir.LDN
    ElixirConf MX
    

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22. 2017
    LoneStar ElixirConf ElixirDaze
    Erlang & Elixir Factory
    ElixirConf
    EMPEX
    Elixir With Love
    Elixir.LDN
    ElixirConf EU
    ElixirConf MX
    

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23. 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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24. Hex
    new Hex users
    0
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    900
    1350
    1800
    year
    2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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25. Hex
    new Hex users
    0
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    2400
    year
    2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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26. Hex
    new Hex users
    0
    500000
    1000000
    1500000
    2000000
    year
    2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
    (downloads)
    

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27. things we got better at
    

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28. port port port port port port port port port port port
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29. Ruby
    Erlang
    otp?
    

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30. Erlang
    Ruby
    

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31. Lisp
    Clojure
    Erlang
    Ruby
    

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32. more attention
    tow
    ards OTP
    

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33. |>
    

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34. [1, [2], 3]
    |> List.flatten()

    |> Enum.map(fn x -> x * 2 end)
    

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35. |>
    

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36. significant
    events
    

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37. the importance of
    ecto
    

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38. shows a new w
    a
    y to do things
    

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39. data + pure code
    

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40. v
    alidates metaprogramming in elixir
    

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41. shows power of metaprogramming
    (will slightl
    y regret later)
    

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42. phoenix
    

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43. hooks users on Elixir through web
    channels
    

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44. nerves
    

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45. Elixir is not just for the web?!
    

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46. GROWTH
    factors
    (key)
    

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47. docs
    

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51. tooling/ux/developer happiness
    

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52. xref
    IEx breakpoints
    syntax highlighting in IEx
    formatter
    ExUnit diff
    

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54. community
    ❤
    

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55. What's next
    

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56. what will the
    team
    focus on?
    

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57. maintenance
    research
    +
    +
    developer happiness
    

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59. /
    community ecosystem
    

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60. elixir gets picked up
    by big companies
    (hopefully)
    

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61. Ecosystem will get
    larger and better
    

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62. less core contributors
    more ecosystem contributors
    

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

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

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65. less elixir contributors
    more beam contributors
    

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66. elixir erlang
    

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

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68. Benchee.run/2
    benchee:run/2
    

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69. will Elixir
    SURVIVE?
    

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71. not much relying on the
    TEAM + language
    

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72. Contributors
    Core team
    José
    

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73. with
    

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74. contribute
    

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75. start discussions
    

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77. thanks
    @whatyouhide
    elixir-lang.org
    

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