I know it's been said by many, but I will repeat once again.
Elixir is a very cool and powerful language for building web apps.
Having built my first product (https://retrochat.xyz) in Elixir, I can wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who is not happy with their current backend language(Ruby, Python, Js, etc).
Docs, functional programming, OTP, ecosystem(Phoenix, Ecto, Mix) are really top notch. In my opinion, you will be able to reach much higher productivity (especially long term) in Elixir than in Ruby, which is known for it's high level of productivity. Sounds like a fairy tale, right? Well, that fairy tale can become a reality with Elixir.
The only thing that is a bit of pain is a good release support, but that has been changing for better.
Elixir is a very cool and powerful language for building web apps.
Having built my first product (https://retrochat.xyz) in Elixir, I can wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who is not happy with their current backend language(Ruby, Python, Js, etc).
Docs, functional programming, OTP, ecosystem(Phoenix, Ecto, Mix) are really top notch. In my opinion, you will be able to reach much higher productivity (especially long term) in Elixir than in Ruby, which is known for it's high level of productivity. Sounds like a fairy tale, right? Well, that fairy tale can become a reality with Elixir.
The only thing that is a bit of pain is a good release support, but that has been changing for better.