I would like to add a slightly different perspective to functional programming in the Erlang VM: functional programming is not a goal in the Erlang VM. It is a means to an end. When designing the Erlang language and the Erlang VM, Joe, Mike and Robert did not aim to implement a functional programming language, … »
It’s very common (and highly recommended) that application keeps its configuration values separated from its version control. A way of doing this is by using ENV vars (environment variables). They’re being used for improvements mostly on maintainability. The 12-factor app manifesto explains it on its Configuration section: The twelve-factor app stores config in environment variables … »
The Rails 5 release candidate is out, bringing new improvements that will make your life as a developer easier. Probably you are excited to update your application to the new major Rails release, but you may have some concerns. It is normal, updating your application to fit the new version may bring an unknown number … »
Today we will continue exploring techniques for debugging and tracing Elixir code that are so important for running and understanding production systems. In the past, we have discussed: how to debug your application how to trace systems with Erlyberly how to use the observer to introspect applications. The examples above always connected to systems running … »
One of the functions added to Ecto 2.0 is Ecto.Repo.insert_all/3. insert_all allows developers to insert multiple entries at once into a repository: MyApp.Repo.insert_all(Post, [[title: “hello”, body: “world”], [title: “another”, body: “post”]]) Although insert_all is just a regular Elixir function, it plays an important role in Ecto 2.0 goals. To understand more about these goals, let’s … »
Exrm is a great tool for building releases for Elixir applications so you can deploy them on the web and even in an embedded hardware. We have been using Exrm here at Plataformatec. It is the chosen tool for deploying our projects and the contributors are doing a great job maintaining and developing new features. … »
