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Transforming Programming 00:46:45 by **Dave Thomas** (2017)
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Transforming Programming - Dave Thomas
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- Presented by Dave Thomas, author of Programming Elixir
- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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Programming languagesSoftware designElixir and ErlangFunctional programming
Dave Thomas discusses how functional programming and Elixir transform our approach to writing software by focusing on data transformation.
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2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as an inspiring talk on rethinking programming paradigms using Elixir.
u/vihuin r/elixir • Mentions
On “Trying to learn Elixir/Phoenix but having a hard time”
> I am very close to just admitting defeat.
Please don't.
First and foremost, I would suggest watching some talks like this one. Dave Thomas, Jose Valim and Chris McCord have many talks on youtube. Start there. Then move onto their books once you understand what they're *trying* to say. Even if you don't get everything it's perfectly alright, fp is a different paradigm of solving same problems.
I've been a python programmer for ~6 years and I absolutely love python. I think in abstractions over data. However, Elixir/Erlang forces you to think code = data. This can be tough to get your head around initially but once you do it's much much more intuitive than you might imagine now. It too…