Episode 2: EMx 002: ElixirScript with Bryan Joseph

Elixir Mix

English - May 08, 2018 10:00 - 34 minutes - 34.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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Previous Episode: EMx 001: Welcome to Elixir Mix

Next Episode: EMx 003: Chris Keathley

Panel:

Charles Max Wood
Josh Adams
Justin Bean

Special Guests: Bryan Joseph

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel discusses ElixirScript with Bryan Joseph. Bryan works for Revelry Labs, has been a programmer for about 10 years, and has worked with Elixir since about 2013. They talk about what ElixirScript is, why you would want to use it, and why he came about wanting to create it. They also touch on different open source libraries that he has created and the importance of usability.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Bryan intro
Elixir
What is ElixirScript?
Use it through a transpiler
What are the biggest challenges facing ElixirScript?
Usability
Where would you use ElixirScript?
Use it on web applications or on node
How easy is it to use this on top of a front-end library?
Hex packages
What’s the build process like?
There is a compile step
Mix compile
Include output folder in whatever app you are doing
Creates ES modules
What’s the most ambitious ElixirScript project going on right now?
To-do application
Was there a pain point at all?
How far did you get with processes?
Processes library
Do have plans to move this over to WebAssembly?
ElixirScript React Library
Vue
Webpack
And much, much more!