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TIMELINE

Erlang1988

Ruby1993

Programming Ruby2001

Rails2004

Elixir2011

Clojure2007

7 Languages in 7 Weeks

2010

2011Elixir

Jun 2013Ecto ElixirConf

Jul 2014

PhoenixJan 2014

Elixir 1.0Sep 2014

Programming ElixirOct 2014

LANGUAGE EVOLUTION

team COMMUNITY ecosystem

team• coordination • quality assurance • maintenance

Community• experimentation • ecosystem • usage

has Elixir been

growing?

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Elixir conferences

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ElixirConf

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ElixirConf EU

ElixirConf MX

2016

ElixirConf EU

ElixirDaze

EMPEX

ElixirConf

Elixir.LDN

ElixirConf MX

2017

LoneStar ElixirConf ElixirDazeErlang & Elixir Factory

ElixirConfEMPEX

Elixir With LoveElixir.LDN

ElixirConf EU

ElixirConf MX

2018

LoneStar ElixirConf ElixirDazeEMPEX LA

ElixirConfEMPEX

Elixir Brazil

Code Elixir ElixirConf EU

Ruby & Elixir Taiwan

Gig City Elixir

The Big Elixir

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things we got better at

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port

Ruby

Erlang

otp?

Erlang

Ruby

Lisp

Clojure

ErlangRuby

embracing OTP

Designing better libraries

|>

[1, [2], 3] |> List.flatten()|> Enum.map(fn x -> x * 2 end)

|>🤷

significant

events

the importance of

ecto

shows a new way to do things

data + pure code

validates metaprogramming in elixir

shows power of metaprogramming

(will slightly regret later)

phoenix

hooks users on Elixir through web

channels

nerves

Elixir is not just for the web?!

GROWTH factors

(key)

docs

tooling / ux / developer happiness

xref IEx breakpoints

syntax highlighting in IEx formatter ExUnit diff

community

❤ 💚 💙 💛 💜

What's next

what will the

teamfocus on?

maintenance

research

+

+developer happiness

/community ecosystem

elixir gets picked up by big companies

(hopefully)

Ecosystem will get larger and better

less core contributors

more ecosystem contributors

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Erlang CONTRIBUTORS

Benchee.run/2

benchee:run/2

:telemetry.execute/3

telemetry:execute/3

is Elixir

successful?

will Elixir

SURVIVE?

not much relying on the

TEAM + language

Contributors

Core team

José

with

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start discussions

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