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26: Elixir in Higher Ed with Jonathan Allen
26: Elixir in Higher Ed with Jonathan Allen
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We talk with Jonathan Allen, an instructor at a Utah college, who taught Elixir to his Distributed Computing students. He tells how he got Elixir into the classroom, what the students loved, what was hard, and how we in the professional community can influence Elixir in education!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/26 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/26)
Elixir Community News
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1334549051296112641 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1334549051296112641) – Dashbit shuts down Bytepack - Twitter thread with announcement and discussion
- https://github.com/dashbitco/bytepack_archive (https://github.com/dashbitco/bytepack_archive) – Open-source project
- https://www.erlef.org/ (https://www.erlef.org/)
- https://elixirforum.com/t/nerves-development-environment-with-docker-and-vs-code/35973 (https://elixirforum.com/t/nerves-development-environment-with-docker-and-vs-code/35973) – Nerves development environment with Docker (and VS Code)
- https://github.com/elixir-circuits/circuits_quickstart (https://github.com/elixir-circuits/circuits_quickstart) – Elixir Circuits quickstart firmware
- https://twitter.com/elixirphoenix/status/1334900736312958980 (https://twitter.com/elixirphoenix/status/1334900736312958980) – Aaron Renner (@bayfieldcoder) added as a new core developer on the Phoenix project
- https://github.com/aaronrenner/phxgenauth (https://github.com/aaronrenner/phx_gen_auth) – Phoenix Gen Auth package
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4070 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4070) – Phoenix View is being extracted from Phoenix itself
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_view (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_view) – New PhoenixView project
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4055 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4055) – Ecto.Enum support added to Phoenix generators
- https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/011-new-ecto-features-in-3-5-with-mike-binns/ (https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/011-new-ecto-features-in-3-5-with-mike-binns/) – Discussion with Mike Binns about Ecto.Enum
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com)
Discussion Resources
- https://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks/) – Seven Languages in Seven Weeks book
- https://thinkingelixir.com/available-courses/ (https://thinkingelixir.com/available-courses/) – Thinking Elixir courses the students used
- https://grox.io/language/elixir/course (https://grox.io/language/elixir/course)
- https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action-second-edition (https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action-second-edition) – Elixir in Action book
- https://github.com/cabbage-ex/gherkin (https://github.com/cabbage-ex/gherkin)
Guest Information
- jallen@snow.edu - Jonathan's Email
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com)
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/26 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/26)
Elixir Community News
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1334549051296112641 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1334549051296112641) – Dashbit shuts down Bytepack - Twitter thread with announcement and discussion
- https://github.com/dashbitco/bytepack_archive (https://github.com/dashbitco/bytepack_archive) – Open-source project
- https://www.erlef.org/ (https://www.erlef.org/)
- https://elixirforum.com/t/nerves-development-environment-with-docker-and-vs-code/35973 (https://elixirforum.com/t/nerves-development-environment-with-docker-and-vs-code/35973) – Nerves development environment with Docker (and VS Code)
- https://github.com/elixir-circuits/circuits_quickstart (https://github.com/elixir-circuits/circuits_quickstart) – Elixir Circuits quickstart firmware
- https://twitter.com/elixirphoenix/status/1334900736312958980 (https://twitter.com/elixirphoenix/status/1334900736312958980) – Aaron Renner (@bayfieldcoder) added as a new core developer on the Phoenix project
- https://github.com/aaronrenner/phxgenauth (https://github.com/aaronrenner/phx_gen_auth) – Phoenix Gen Auth package
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4070 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4070) – Phoenix View is being extracted from Phoenix itself
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_view (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_view) – New PhoenixView project
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4055 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4055) – Ecto.Enum support added to Phoenix generators
- https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/011-new-ecto-features-in-3-5-with-mike-binns/ (https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/011-new-ecto-features-in-3-5-with-mike-binns/) – Discussion with Mike Binns about Ecto.Enum
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com)
Discussion Resources
- https://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks/) – Seven Languages in Seven Weeks book
- https://thinkingelixir.com/available-courses/ (https://thinkingelixir.com/available-courses/) – Thinking Elixir courses the students used
- https://grox.io/language/elixir/course (https://grox.io/language/elixir/course)
- https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action-second-edition (https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action-second-edition) – Elixir in Action book
- https://github.com/cabbage-ex/gherkin (https://github.com/cabbage-ex/gherkin)
Guest Information
- jallen@snow.edu - Jonathan's Email
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com)
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
Released:
Dec 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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