Update from the Elixir Core Team

Andrea will share what's new and what's coming in Elixir, and the research topics the Elixir team is focusing on.

Slides
Video

Tutorial: Introduction to Elixir

Target audience:

Anyone with some functional programming experience looking to get their feet wet with Elixir.

Prerequisites:

Exposure to a functional programming language. Knowledge of Erlang or OTP is not required. Please arrive with a laptop that already has Elixir installed, preferably Erlang 19 and Elixir 1.4.

Objectives:

Learn the basics of Elixir, and its build tool Mix.

About Andrea

Andrea is a programming enthusiast with a soft spot for functional programming and beautiful code. He loves learning new stuff. He strongly believes in accessible culture and education and in open-source software. He's active in the Elixir community and uses almost exclusively Elixir for work purposes.

GitHub: whatyouhide

Twitter: @whatyouhide

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