Gleam: Lean BEAM typing machine | Louis Pilfold | Code BEAM V 2020

Louis Pilfold introduces Gleam, a statically typed language designed for the BEAM virtual machine, drawing inspiration from Rust, Elm, and Haskell.

This video was recorded at Code BEAM V 2020 - codesync.global/conferences/code-beam-v Gleam: Lean BEAM typing machine | Louis Pilfold - Software Engineer at Erlang Solutions ABSTRACT With their impressive concurrency features and robust approach to handling failure, it is a joy to build scalable and reliable systems with BEAM languages such as Erlang and Elixir! However, all is not perfect: as codebases get larger and less familiar it becomes more difficult to make changes, with mistakes creating bugs that test out runtime resilience and make pagers ring in the middle of the night. In this talk, Louis introduces Gleam, a new language that takes inspiration from strongly typed languages such as Haskell, Rust and Elm to help BEAM programmers tackle these problems. He'll take a look at what Gleam offers, how it's made, and how it complements and interoperates with other BEAM languages. Lastly, Louis will take a peek at what's planned for Gleam and how people can get involved with the language and the community. • See & download: slides:codesync.global/uploads/media/activity_slides/0001/02/6cf18d1424e30dae5cac646a211167b43cfd1305.pdf • Follow us on social: Twitter: twitter.com/CodeBEAMio LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/27159258 • Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next Code Sync conference near you! See what's coming up at: codesync.global • SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL youtube.com/channel/UC47eUBNO8KBH_V8AfowOWOw