Useful Links

The following links are of interest:

Elixir

• Efficial Elixir Site
• Elixir Language’s Github
• Plataformatec’s Blog: José Valim, the creator of Elixir, founded this company, and discusses upcoming Elixir work on their blog
• ExUnit: unit testing framework that comes with elixir
• Logger: logger that comes with elixir

Elixir Frameworks

Should Be Used in All Projects:

• ExCoveralls: test coverage tool
• Credo: static code analysis tool

Used in Most Projects:

• Ecto: widely-used database wrapped for Elixir
• Phoenix: “A productive web framework that does not compromise speed and maintainability.”
• Distillery: the primary library for building elixir releases

Used in Many Projects:

• Cachex: widely used caching framework
• UUID: generate UUIDs
• Confex: “Useful helper to read and use application configuration from environment variables.”
• Mox: for creating mocks used in testing

Used in OTP Projects:

• GenStage: back-pressure enabled producer/consumer pipelines

Used in IoT Projects:

• Nerves: building embedded software using Elixir

Other Useful Projects:

• Quantum Core: scheduling for Elixir projects, a la cron jobs

Other Notable Elixir Projects

• ExVenture: large elixir project for text-based MMORPGs