Session: Evolve your developer abilities within the BEAM ecosystem using Elixir
Probably you haven’t heard about Erlang, the BEAM virtual machine, or Elixir before. Erlang and its virtual machine were developed as a result of the evolution of telecom systems that began in the 80s. It has the capability to build scalable and distributed systems, with its own concurrency model based on message passing, all within the same ecosystem! Built on top of the BEAM, Elixir was born as a functional language that inherits these advantages.
In modern times, many developments aim to take advantage of cloud services to scale. Cloud providers offer many ways to scale your applications as a pay-as-you-go service. On the other hand what makes Elixir valuable is its capability to take advantage of scalability, concurrency and distribution without the need to add external services.
During this talk, I’ll guide you through all the challenges and advantages of learning Elixir. I’ll show how by adopting the data transformation approach, you can design software applications. Join me to learn how companies like WhatsApp or Discord have used Elixir to build massive applications and why companies like PepsiCo, Cars.com, or Estee Lauder are starting to build their ecommerce sites using this. Whether you’re an experienced developer or a novice, you’ll discover how to start your journey in the BEAM ecosystem. But beware, because after learning this, you won’t want to leave this awesome ecosystem.
