Elixir in Action • Sasa Juric & Erik Schoen • GOTO 2020

Saša Jurić discusses the benefits of Elixir, how the BEAM VM compares to the JVM, and thoughts on static typing.

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTOBookClub gotopia.tech/bookclub Saša Jurić - Author of "Elixir in Action" @sasajuric5850 Erik Schön - Author of "The Art of Strategy" @erikschon DESCRIPTION Is Elixir the right tool for your job? Find the answer to that question from Saša Jurić, the author of "Elixir in Action". In this conversation, interviewer Erik Schön, managing director at Erlang Solutions Nordics and interviewee Saša explore key benefits and practices in using Elixir, a functional language with over 20k commits on GitHub. The interview is based on Saša Jurić's new book "Elixir in Action": amzn.to/2RZh5eN TIMECODES 00:00 Series intro 00:48 Episode intro 01:19 What is Elixir? 06:21 How does BEAM compare to other VMs like the JVM? 12:29 Can you compare Go or Dark and the BEAM languages? 19:52 Thoughts on static typing and the BEAM languages? 23:24 Key benefits of Elixir from a business perspective 29:09 Who did you have in mind when writing the book? 30:21 What is unique about "Elixir in Action"? 34:20 Feedback on the book 35:52 Outro Read the full transcription of the interview here: gotopia.tech/bookclub/episodes/how-to-start-with-the-elixir-… RECOMMENDED BOOKS Saša Jurić • Elixir in Action • amzn.to/2RZh5eN Erik Schön • The Art Of Strategy • amzn.to/2UPzXPa twitter.com/GOTOcon linkedin.com/company/goto- instagram.com/goto_con facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Elixir #BEAMlanguages #BEAM #SasaJuric #ErikSchön #FunctionalProgramming #Programming #Erlang #GoLang #DarkLang #ProgrammingLanguages CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1