We talk about the mental models we use for writing our Elixir code and for thinking about our Elixir systems (starting at 5:46). We cover transformations, plug, and Mark's "Workshop Model" (starting at 23:45). We also talk about LiveView, (starting at 31:20) how we approach it today, mistakes we've both made and seen. A fun discussion! We want to continue the discussion with you over on ElixirForum. Check the show notes for links to those topics!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/40 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/40)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.11/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.11/CHANGELOG.md) – Elixir 1.11.4 released
- https://elixirstream.dev (https://elixirstream.dev) – ElixirSteam.dev soft launch experiment
- https://twitter.com/elixirbookclub (https://twitter.com/elixirbookclub) – Elixir Book Club gearing up
- https://pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/) – Book Club selection "Designing Elixir Systems with OTP"
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/16/sumup-which-helps-businesses-take-card-payments-raises-895m-to-double-down-on-growth/ (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/16/sumup-which-helps-businesses-take-card-payments-raises-895m-to-double-down-on-growth/) – Techcrunch covered the London based startup SumUp for raising $895M
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_3X7InOw8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_3X7InOw8) – TailwindCSS update with experimental JIT for improved dev styles
- https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-jit (https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-jit) – Experimental jit project
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) – ExDoc 0.24.0 released
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Discussion Resources
- Mental models coming to Elixir
- Phoenix pipelines and reconstructing plug
- https://pragmaticstudio.com/courses/elixir (https://pragmaticstudio.com/courses/elixir) – The PragProg course Cade mentioned
- It's all about data transformations
- Code organization and namespace design discussion
- Mark's mental model of the "The Workshop" starting at 23:45
- Modules are binders of instructions
- Refactoring, namespace design, code organization is about getting your workshop organized.
- LiveView, anti-patterns, making the mental shifts
- The "Lift and shift" approach doesn't work well coming from OOP or React to Elixir
- Live View components and passing left over arguments to the HTML makes it cleaner and easier
- https://elixirforum.com/t/thinkingelixir-discussion-mental-models-for-your-elixir-and-liveview-code/38393 (https://elixirforum.com/t/thinkingelixir-discussion-mental-models-for-your-elixir-and-liveview-code/38393) – ElixirForum Discussion - Mental models you use for thinking about your Elixir and LiveView code
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
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- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)