Idioms for Building Distributed Fault-tolerant Applications with Elixir

Explore the world of distributed fault-tolerant applications with Elixir in this GOTO Aarhus 2014 conference talk. Dive into the Erlang VM and discover how it introduces a new vocabulary for designing robust systems. Learn about the Elixir programming language and its contributions to the Erlang ecosystem. Gain insights into functional programming, processes, supervisors, concurrency, and the virtual machine's unique properties. Witness a live demo showcasing Elixir's features, including its interactive shell, package manager, and mix tool. Understand key concepts like fail-fast strategies, hot code loading, and debugging techniques. Perfect for developers interested in building scalable and resilient applications using modern language paradigms.