200: Ready for a new frontier?

ThinkingElixir.com — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:15:00 -0600

In this landmark 200th episode of the Thinking Elixir podcast, we dive into the revolutionary world of LiveView Native with Brian Cardarella and Carson Katri. Discover how this emerging technology is expanding Elixir's reach onto mobile devices and beyond, shaking up traditional development with server-side state management and opening a new frontier for native applications. Our experts share insights on its performance, live reload features, and strategic advantages that promise to speed up prototyping and cut down on dev time. Plus, hear about our latest news on EEF voting, new testing libraries for Phoenix, the future of the Elixir Protobuf library with a call for new maintainers, and Livebook's integrations for data sources. And if that wasn't enough, we cover additional tech stories, including the shutdown of the Women Who Code foundation, a study linking mentally stimulating work to a reduced risk of dementia, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/200

Elixir Community News

https://twitter.com/TheErlef/status/1782560017633202578 – Tweet about the start of EEF voting.
https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2024 – Blog post detailing the EEF 2024 election process.
https://members.erlef.org/Sys/Poll/52537 – The actual voting page for the EEF election.
https://members.erlef.org/join-us – Information on how to join the EEF and become a voting member.
https://twitter.com/royalicing/status/1782534107807007046 – Tweet introducing a new library for testing Phoenix templates with ARIA roles.
https://hexdocs.pm/ensemble/Ensemble.html – Documentation for the Ensemble library mentioned in the tweet.
https://playwright.dev/docs/locators#quick-guide – PlayWright locators quick guide, reminiscent of the Ensemble library's functionality.
https://twitter.com/whatyouhide/status/1782434830057107660 – Andrea Leopardi's announcement about seeking a new maintainer for the Elixir Protobuf library.
https://github.com/elixir-protobuf/protobuf – GitHub repository for the Elixir Protobuf library mentioned by Andrea Leopardi.
https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1782391223036039247 – José Valim's tweet on Livebook's data integration support, seeking community feedback on other necessary integrations.
https://livebook.dev/integrations/?type=database – Livebook's database integrations webpage that José Valim referred to for feedback.
https://gleam.run/news/gleam-v1.1/ – Announcement of the release of Gleam v1.1, a statically typed language for the BEAM.
https://github.com/eigr/spawn?tab=readme-ov-file – GitHub page for Spawn, an open-source serverless library designed for cloud and on-premises environments.
https://fly.io/blog/rethinking-serverless-with-flame/ – Article discussing the rethinking of serverless architecture with the FLAME framework.
https://womenwhocode.com/blog/the-end-of-an-era-women-who-code-closing – Blog post about the shutdown of the Women Who Code foundation due to funding issues.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/17/mentally-stimulating-work-plays-key-role-in-staving-off-dementia-study-finds – The Guardian article reporting on a study that finds mentally stimulating work is key in staving off dementia.
https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209353 – Research paper on Neurology.org about the link between mentally stimulating work and the risks of dementia and cognitive problems in later life.

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com

Discussion Resources

https://native.live/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBi2Hj22qUU – ElixirConf US 2023 presentation
Brian's ElixirConf EU 2024 presentation is not published at this time.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/financekit
https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/winui/winui3/
https://electric-sql.com/

Guest Information

https://twitter.com/bcardarella – Brian Cardarella on Twitter
https://github.com/bcardarella/ – Brian Cardarella on Github
http://dockyard.com/ – DockYard
https://twitter.com/CarsonKatri – Carson Katri on Twitter
https://github.com/person/ – Carson Katri on Github
https://carsonkatri.com – Blog

Find us online

Message the show - @ThinkingElixir
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Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com
Mark Ericksen - @brainlid
Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social
David Bernheisel - @bernheisel
David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social

98: Elixir in the iOS App Store with Dominic Letz

ThinkingElixir.com — Tue, 10 May 2022 04:15:00 -0600

Dominic Letz did something I thought was impossible. He got an Elixir application packaged up, approved, and available through the Apple App Store on iOS devices. The application runs Elixir on the device, creates a web view, and hosts Phoenix LiveView pages. They went further and created a bridge to integrate with more of the platform specific features of the device. Is Android your preferred platform? They have it running there as well and in the Google Play Store. We talk about how it works, challenges overcome, and where it is now. They also created several Github projects that show how to do this yourself to create a cross-platform desktop application and apps for Apple and Android mobile devices. Very cool! They want your help to make it even better.

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/98