We talk with Ricardo Trindade about learning Elixir and GraphQL. We discuss learning on personal interest projects, GraphQL vs REST, executing Ruby or Python from Elixir, helpful learning resources and much more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/005-learning-elixir-with-ricardo-trindade/

Podcast: Download

ElixirConf US 2020 was announced! This will be our first virtual one. We talk with the organizer Dr. Jim Freeze to get the behind the scenes information on how it will work. We cover the current challenges facing conferences, how do you replicate the “hallway track”, submitting topics, what they are looking for this year,…

Podcast: Download

Elixir 1.11 is shaping up to be a huge release with a number of “big deal” features. We are joined by Wojtek Mach to help us understand the significance of some of the new features. These include an improved recompilation process, when alias is preferred over import, improved compiler checks for structs, Erlang help docs…

Podcast: Download

REST Controllers vs GraphQL. You’ve probably heard of GraphQL but maybe you haven’t played with it yet. We talk with Ben Wilson, co-creator of Absinthe, a GraphQL library for Elixir and the book Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe to get a better idea of how REST and GraphQL compare. In this episode we…

Podcast: Download

Welcome to the Thinking Elixir Podcast! My name is Mark Ericksen. This is our first official episode together. We cover the community news and introduce ourselves. Subscribe in your favorite podcast player and join us! Show Notes Elixir Community News bytepack.io elixirtalk.com/episodes – Episode #165 – Interview with José Valim getoban.pro github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_dashboard/pull/136 github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/issues/809 github.com/dashbitco/nimble_publisher dashbit.co/blog/welcome-to-our-blog-how-it-was-made…

Podcast: Download

Welcome to the Thinking Elixir Podcast! My name is Mark Ericksen. This is just to announce the launching of the new show. The Thinking Elixir podcast is a weekly show where we talk about the Elixir programming language and the community around it.

Podcast: Download