158: From Ruby to Elixir with Steve Bussey

A challenge for many people learning Elixir is the change in the mental model. Coming from OOP to Functional changes how we reason about our applications and the old way doesn't always map over cleanly. Also, Elixir is capable of doing a lot more than other languages and frameworks can and this means learning how to build a “normal” application may change. We talk with Steve Bussey about his new book “From Ruby to Elixir” that aims to help people bridge that gap. While the title says “Ruby”, we discuss how many of the concepts apply to people coming from most OOP languages. We talk about different libraries to recommend to people coming from a traditional Rails stack and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/158 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/158)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/security/advisories/GHSA-564w-97r7-c6p9 (https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/security/advisories/GHSA-564w-97r7-c6p9?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Livebook security advisory for Windows installs
- https://twitter.com/livebookdev/status/1671576191461990407 (https://twitter.com/livebookdev/status/1671576191461990407?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Livebook security notice on Twitter
- https://www.twitch.tv/josevalim/videos?filter=highlights&sort=time (https://www.twitch.tv/josevalim/videos?filter=highlights&sort=time?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim shared where we can find past Twitch videos
- https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-v1-15-0-released/56584/6 (https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-v1-15-0-released/56584/6?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Workaround for Elixir 1.15.0 with issues compiling the Erlang dependency sslverifyfun.
- https://twitter.com/ac_alejos/status/1672351346278944769 (https://twitter.com/ac_alejos/status/1672351346278944769?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New Decision Tree library called Mockingjay takes advantage of Nx
- https://github.com/acalejos/mockingjay (https://github.com/acalejos/mockingjay?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Mockingjay Decision Tree library
- https://twitter.com/zachsdaniel1/status/1673278949667885057 (https://twitter.com/zachsdaniel1/status/1673278949667885057?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The EEF (Erlang Ecosystem Foundation) approved the creation of a new working group.
- https://erlef.org/wg/libs-and-frameworks (https://erlef.org/wg/libs-and-frameworks?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – the Libraries and Frameworks working group page
- https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1672248650502660098 (https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1672248650502660098?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ash Framework released 2.11.0-rc.0 is out
- https://github.com/CargoSense/briefly (https://github.com/CargoSense/briefly?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Noticed "briefly" is a library to help manage temporary files
- https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1672828839574089728 (https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1672828839574089728?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Isaac Yonemoto released 0.1 of his OpenAPI router library Apical
- https://hexdocs.pm/apical (https://hexdocs.pm/apical?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Apical github project
- https://www.elixir-tools.dev/next-ls/ (https://www.elixir-tools.dev/next-ls/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Mitch Hanberg sharing some early progress with his Next-LS project.
- https://twitter.com/royalicing/status/1671689512685301762 (https://twitter.com/royalicing/status/1671689512685301762?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Patrick Smith shared a sneak peak of a new library called Orb for compiling Elixir code to WebAssembly
- https://github.com/ComponentsGuide/componentsguide/tree/master/lib/componentsguide/wasm (https://github.com/ComponentsGuide/components_guide/tree/master/lib/components_guide/wasm?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The OpenSource project where Orb code will be extracted from.
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://twitter.com/YOOOODAAAA/status/1663988571047354371 (https://twitter.com/YOOOODAAAA/status/1663988571047354371?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Twitter post announcing Beta version of the book.
- https://pragprog.com/titles/sbelixir/from-ruby-to-elixir/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/sbelixir/from-ruby-to-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://www.supered.io/ (https://www.supered.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://pragprog.com/titles/sbsockets/real-time-phoenix/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/sbsockets/real-time-phoenix/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Previous book "Real-Time Phoenix” published in March 2020.
- https://www.supered.io (https://www.supered.io?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://github.com/elixir-tesla/tesla (https://github.com/elixir-tesla/tesla?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://github.com/wojtekmach/req (https://github.com/wojtekmach/req?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/YOOOODAAAA (https://twitter.com/YOOOODAAAA?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/sb8244/ (https://github.com/sb8244/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Github
- http://www.stephenbussey.com/ (http://www.stephenbussey.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/dbern)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
- Cade Ward on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/cadebward)

A challenge for many people learning Elixir is the change in the mental model. Coming from OOP to Functional changes how we reason about our applications and the old way doesn't always map over cleanly. Also, Elixir is capable of doing a lot more than other languages and frameworks can and this means learning how to build a “normal” application may change. We talk with Steve Bussey about his new book “From Ruby to Elixir” that aims to help people bridge that gap. While the title says “Ruby”, we discuss how many of the concepts apply to people coming from most OOP languages. We talk about different libraries to recommend to people coming from a traditional Rails stack and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/158

Elixir Community News

https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/security/advisories/GHSA-564w-97r7-c6p9 – Livebook security advisory for Windows installs
https://twitter.com/livebookdev/status/1671576191461990407 – Livebook security notice on Twitter
https://www.twitch.tv/josevalim/videos?filter=highlights&sort=time – José Valim shared where we can find past Twitch videos
https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-v1-15-0-released/56584/6 – Workaround for Elixir 1.15.0 with issues compiling the Erlang dependency ssl_verify_fun.
https://twitter.com/ac_alejos/status/1672351346278944769 – New Decision Tree library called Mockingjay takes advantage of Nx
https://github.com/acalejos/mockingjay – Mockingjay Decision Tree library
https://twitter.com/zachsdaniel1/status/1673278949667885057 – The EEF (Erlang Ecosystem Foundation) approved the creation of a new working group.
https://erlef.org/wg/libs-and-frameworks – the Libraries and Frameworks working group page
https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1672248650502660098 – Ash Framework released 2.11.0-rc.0 is out
https://github.com/CargoSense/briefly – Noticed "briefly" is a library to help manage temporary files
https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1672828839574089728 – Isaac Yonemoto released 0.1 of his OpenAPI router library Apical
https://hexdocs.pm/apical – Apical github project
https://www.elixir-tools.dev/next-ls/ – Mitch Hanberg sharing some early progress with his Next-LS project.
https://twitter.com/royalicing/status/1671689512685301762 – Patrick Smith shared a sneak peak of a new library called Orb for compiling Elixir code to WebAssembly
https://github.com/ComponentsGuide/components_guide/tree/master/lib/components_guide/wasm – The OpenSource project where Orb code will be extracted from.

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected]

Discussion Resources

https://twitter.com/YOOOODAAAA/status/1663988571047354371 – Twitter post announcing Beta version of the book.
https://pragprog.com/titles/sbelixir/from-ruby-to-elixir/
https://www.supered.io/
https://pragprog.com/titles/sbsockets/real-time-phoenix/ – Previous book "Real-Time Phoenix” published in March 2020.
https://www.supered.io
https://github.com/elixir-tesla/tesla
https://github.com/wojtekmach/req

Guest Information

https://twitter.com/YOOOODAAAA – on Twitter
https://github.com/sb8244/ – on Github
http://www.stephenbussey.com/ – Blog

Find us online

Message the show - @ThinkingElixir
Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected]
Email the show - [email protected]
Mark Ericksen - @brainlid
Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected]
David Bernheisel - @bernheisel
David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected]
Cade Ward - @cadebward
Cade Ward on Fediverse - @[email protected]

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