Latest Elixir news on the radar, issue 73
Getting Started with Elixir, Beyond 10,000 lines, GenStage, Testing and Mock Modules.
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Issue 74
Nov 8, 2016

Getting Started with Elixir
www.pluralsight.com

Nate Taylor has released a course for Getting Started with Elixir on Pluralsight that covers data types, recursion, mix and more.

Beyond 10,000 Lines
shift.infinite.red

Daniel Berkompas goes through some of the lessons learned from building and maintaining a Phoenix project that has passed beyond 10,000 lines of code.

How do I GenStage?
engineering.spreedly.com

Adrian Dunston has written a lovely and insightful article on GenStage, using "I Love Lucy" references to demonstrate the need for managing demand and back-pressure.

Introduction to Testing Elixir Applications with ExUnit
semaphoreci.com

Cody Boggs shows how to test Elixir applications with ExUnit, covering aspects such as negation and message passing, as well as setting up Continuous Integration with Semaphore CI.

Mock Modules and Where to Find Them
medium.com/perplexinomicon-of-philosodad

J Paul Daigle shares a neat trick on how to configure your Mix projects so test-only modules are compiled and kept under "test/support" and not alongside your production in "lib".

Jobs
JOB Senior Software Developer - Elixir new
ActiveProspect - Headquarters - Austin (Remote OK)

What we’re expecting... A love of functional programming, the most high and enlightened way of the ancient masters. Good working knowledge and interest in Elixir and OTP. Experience working with distributed NoSQL databases without suffering split-brain. Experience shipping and maintaining high traffic apps, or redirecting rivers with tai-chi.

JOB 6 Full Stack Developer
RevZilla Motorsports - Philadelphia, PA, USA

Fast growing technology-driven motorcycle parts and apparel retailer looking for engineers to work on our in-house procurement, logistics, warehouse management, point-of-sale, CRM, and ecom solutions.

JOB Full Stack Developer
Sportograf GmbH & Co KG - Aachen, Germany

As a market leader in the field of sports media processing, we are constantly adapting and advancing our products to meet the needs of a highly dynamic market. In order to reshape and transform our website, we are looking to strengthen our developer team.

JOB Backend Engineer (Phoenix)
Heresy - London, UK

Join us as our first backend engineer and help us complete the first version of our flagship product. You will have the opportunity to work on interesting problems, take ownership of the development process and be part of the journey of growing the company.

JOB Senior Developer
The Outline - New York City, US

The Outline is hiring Elixir/Phoenix developers that are passionate about news, media, and storytelling. You will help build our core product as part of a small, collaborative team of developers, designers, product managers, and editors.

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Events
WORKSHOP Elixir/OTP Workshop
Intro to concurrent programming

Thursday, November 10, 2016 - Jacksonville­, FL

MEETUP München, Germany

Thursday, November 10, 2016

CLASS Intro to Elixir
FREE. Space may be limited so please RSVP.

Tuesday, November 15 - Berkeley, CA

MEETUP Portland, ME
Elixir Processes and Concurrency

Thursday, November 17, 2016

MEETUP Oklahoma City, OK
Neural Network Programming in Elixir

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

MEETUP San Francisco, CA
Elixir adoption

Thursday, November 17, 2016

CONFERENCE Berlin Erlang Factory Lite 2016
Conference and Courses

Thursday, November 24, 2016 - Berlin, Germany

MEETUP Hamburg, Germany
Credo and Elixir Weekly special

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

CONFERENCE ElixirLive Conference

December 3-4, 2016 - Warsaw, Poland

CLASS Intro to Phoenix I
FREE. Space may be limited so please RSVP.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - Berkeley, CA

MEETUP Sydney, Australia
The OTP Edition

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

MEETUP Washington, DC
A Sequential Look at Concurrent Concepts

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

CLASS Intro to Phoenix II
FREE. Space may be limited so please RSVP.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - Berkeley, CA

CONFERENCE Lambda Days
CFP is open. Deadline: Jan 01, 2017

Kraków, Poland - February 9-10, 2017

CONFERENCE Lonestar ElixirConf 2017

February 10-11, 2017 - Austin, TX

CONFERENCE BOB Conference 2017

Friday, February 24, 2017 - Berlin, Germany

CONFERENCE ElixirDaze
CFP is open. Deadline: December 15, 2016

March 2-3, 2017 - St. Augustine, FL

CONFERENCE Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2017
Conference: 23-24 March; Tutorials: 25 March; Training: 20-22 March and 27-30 March

March 23-24, 2017 - San Francisco, CA

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