In case you are wondering what to use as your next programming language, please consider Elixir!
It has a lot of advantages:
- it is an easy to use, well-designed functional programming language, that happens to boost productivity and be (a lot of!) fun at the same time
- it is modern, with modern tooling around the language (e.g. mix, edeliver)
- it has Phoenix, a modular web framework, ideal for APIs and traditional MVC, very modular
- it is rock-solid for a relatively young language
- stack traces are clean, readable, and point you in the right direction most times
- performance is decent on a single-core, but since it's basically Erlang, it scales better on multicore than most solutions out there
- it has a world-class concurrency model powered by OTP, but more approachable to the average programmer, lots of high-level concurrency abstractions built-in
- Umbrella projects for those who need or want a truly modular application without going all-in with microservices
- it is the only language besides Erlang proper, that runs on the ErlangVM that seems to be getting a lot of traction (or at least a lot more compared to the alternatives)
- the community is very welcoming and open, lead by José Valim and Chris McCord who are smart, pragmatic and very nice people
It has a lot of advantages:
- it is an easy to use, well-designed functional programming language, that happens to boost productivity and be (a lot of!) fun at the same time
- it is modern, with modern tooling around the language (e.g. mix, edeliver)
- it has Phoenix, a modular web framework, ideal for APIs and traditional MVC, very modular
- it is rock-solid for a relatively young language
- stack traces are clean, readable, and point you in the right direction most times
- performance is decent on a single-core, but since it's basically Erlang, it scales better on multicore than most solutions out there
- it has a world-class concurrency model powered by OTP, but more approachable to the average programmer, lots of high-level concurrency abstractions built-in
- Umbrella projects for those who need or want a truly modular application without going all-in with microservices
- it is the only language besides Erlang proper, that runs on the ErlangVM that seems to be getting a lot of traction (or at least a lot more compared to the alternatives)
- the community is very welcoming and open, lead by José Valim and Chris McCord who are smart, pragmatic and very nice people