I just published unsafe which aids in generation of bang functions based on easy module attributes.

Short blog post here, if you feel like reading why: https://whitfin.io/generating-bang-functions-in-elixir/

We are releasing assert_value. assert_value is ExUnit’s assert on steroids that writes and updates tests for you.

You can use assert_value instead of ExUnit’s assert. It makes Elixir tests interactive and lets you to create and update expected values with a single key press.

Elixir Forum Announcement

I’ve published a new version of json_stream_encoder with updated (less typo-ridden) documentation.

If you are looking for a way to stream out JSON incrementally without fitting the whole data structure in memory, check out the source.

• Fix MockProjectEx being a runtime dependency instead of just a test dependency.

Installation Instructions

ExUnit is the testing framework that ships with Elixir. I wrote a quick reference guide for our team and wanted to share with anyone else that found it helpful.

https://littlelines.com/blog/2017/11/06/exunit-quick-reference

Cheers!

See what the Nerves team has been working on recently and where you can learn more at upcoming training events - http://embedded-elixir.com/post/2017-11-02-nerves-update/

• Elixir 1.5 grammar
  • not in
  • Precedence of @numeric and unary numeric prefix operators
• Make binary infix vs unary prefix +/- handling more robust to support one(two, - three)
• Call withCharSet(Charsets.UTF_8) on all GeneralCommandLines to prevent encoding errors on Windows.

Installation Instructions

http://crowdhailer.me/talks/2017-10-31/live-coded-chat-app-in-45-minutes/

Several important areas for Elixir development today are covered. Using Docker for local development as well production deployment. Managing configuration for multiple services. Testing and documenting APIs.

Many of our app API’s use the same process for JWT authentication and authorization. I finally had time to extract things into releasable libraries. A simple alternative to some of the other options available out there. Includes authentication, authorization, as well as blacklisting.

Hope someone can find it useful.

https://github.com/nsweeting/authex

Trying to understand the Y combinator has always left me with a throbbing headache and a craving for pretzels. But recently, while reading through The Little Schemer, I had a moment of clarity which left me with a much deeper understanding of how the whole thing works.

Check out Grokking the Y Combinator with Elixir for a step by step breakdown of what the Y combinator is, why it’s interesting, and how it can be derived through plain old Elixir code.

Many in the community are already aware of Bootleg, but I just published a quick “official” announcement over on the Lab Zero blog with a very quick guide to getting started.

https://labzero.com/blog/announcing-bootleg

Check the lineup at https://spawnfest.github.io/judges / #erlang #elixirlang

Drab is an extension to Phoenix, designed to remote (from the server side) control the user interface.

The library has completely redesigned custom EEx engine, so it is not putting its <span> in every corner of your template anymore.

Also, this version introduces shared commander, allowing you to create components of Drab’s template + commander.

Check out the demo page, install, test, develop and enjoy!

How to query jsonb columns in Ecto using fragment: http://www.ubazu.com/using-postgres-jsonb-columns-in-ecto

Heard about the new formatter coming to Elixir? We take a look in our latest episode: https://elixircasts.io/elixir-formatter-preview

Here are the two highlights of this new version:

• One of our most requested adapter is now available out-of-the-box: AmazonSES.
• Inline attachments are now supported by all built-in adapters.

Installation instructions

Please give it a try and feel free to open an issue in the Swoosh repo if you run into any trouble.

You invested thousands of hours learning Rails and how to master its features to build web applications. This book will help you to learn Phoenix, using the knowledge you already have.

http://www.phoenixforrailsdevelopers.com

Quickly get started developing clustered Elixir applications for cloud environments.

https://github.com/CrowdHailer/elixir-on-docker

The project

CaptainFact is a collaborative, real-time fact checking platform. Its goal is to help us improve the way we consume medias on the Internet by collectively sourcing and debating about the content we see.

Think Wikipedia (sourcing) + StackOverflow (reputation, achievements) applied to our day-to-day information.

The project currently offers two linked tools:

1. A real-time debate platform that allows us to have rich and focused discussions on a video by working point by point, argument by argument - instead of taking the content as a whole like almost all today’s comment systems do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrmHU13lWY

2. A browser extension that is bringing this information directly on the content you’re watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsRkg2hRTiI

In the future we’d like to extends these functionalities to be able to work on news articles (text) as well. For more details about the reasons of the project, its philosophy and its goals, you can check this article.

Contribute

Though frontend’s and extension’s code are already available on our Github, we’d like to have some volunteer Elixir / Phoenix developers checking the API code before we release it.

There will also be a lot of other stuff to work on in a near future, like:

• Migrating some parts of our -or maybe the entire- API to GraphQL
• Implementing a notification system
• Password-less authentication

You can contact us on Facebook or by email (contact@captainfact.io) if you’re interested in participating!

Go to https://ti.to/elixir-with-love/2017 for your last chance to get tickets at standard rates. We have an amazing speaker line up! Learn more at elixir-with-love.com