Elixir Fundamentals
Elixir is a dynamic, functional programming language for building reliable applications. It runs on the Erlang virtual machine and uses lightweight processes that communicate by messages.
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Elixir Fundamentals
Elixir is a dynamic, functional language that runs on the Erlang virtual machine, usually called the BEAM. The BEAM gives Elixir a runtime model built around many isolated processes, message passing, and supervision. That model suits services that must keep handling work while individual tasks fail.
Keep the layers separate.
Elixir source becomes compiled code that runs on the BEAM. The BEAM runs inside an operating-system process. An Elixir process is a lightweight unit managed by the BEAM, not an operating-system process.
Values and immutable data
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Sources
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/introduction.html
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- Elixir runs on the Erlang virtual machine
- Elixir functional and concurrent programming model
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/basic-types.html
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- Core Elixir values and collections
- Immutable data
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/pattern-matching.html
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- Binding, structural matching, function clauses, and guards
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/modules-and-functions.html
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- Modules, public and private functions, and anonymous functions
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/processes.html
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- Lightweight processes, mailboxes, send, receive, links, and monitors
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/mix-otp/introduction-to-mix.html
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- Mix projects, applications, processes, and supervision concepts
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/mix-otp/genserver.html
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- GenServer callbacks, state, calls, casts, and supervision examples
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html
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- Built-in Elixir functions and language constructs
- https://github.com/h4cc/awesome-elixir
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- Curated ecosystem entries for Phoenix, Ecto, Broadway, Oban, and Livebook