Exploring Type Inference and Version Updates in Elixir

News includes José Valim's exciting PR for Elixir 1.19 that dramatically enhances type inference capabilities, ElixirLS's new 0.26.0 release with Elixir 1.18 support, a fascinating new DenoRider library for embedding JavaScript runtime in Elixir applications, Gleam v1.7.0's release with improved performance and publishing features, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/236

Elixir Community News

• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14145 – José Valim opened a PR for Elixir 1.19 adding enhanced type inference capabilities to most expressions in Elixir.
• https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirls-the-elixir-language-server/5857/236 – ElixirLS version 0.26.0 released with Elixir 1.18 support.
• https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/blob/v0.26.0/CHANGELOG.md – Changelog for ElixirLS core updates in version 0.26.0.
• https://github.com/elixir-lsp/vscode-elixir-ls/blob/v0.26.0/CHANGELOG.md – Changelog for VS Code extension updates in ElixirLS 0.26.0.
• https://github.com/aglundahl/deno_rider – DenoRider, a new library that embeds the Deno javascript runtime into Elixir applications.
• https://elixirforum.com/t/denorider-an-embedded-javascript-runtime-in-elixir/68125 – Announcement and discussion thread for DenoRider.
• https://deno.com/ – Reference to the Deno project that DenoRider embeds.
• https://cortexjs.io/compute-engine/ – Example of a JavaScript library that could be integrated with DenoRider.
• https://gleam.run/news/improved-performance-and-publishing/ – Gleam v1.7.0 release announcement with improvements to record updates and decoder generation.
• https://x.com/louispilfold/status/1875168038640812458 – Announcement about Jak's contributions to Gleam and opportunity to support via GitHub Sponsors.
• https://ivanmunguia.dev/blog/posts/create-address-autocomplete-with-elixir-phoenix-liveview-part-2 – Tutorial on implementing Google Maps autocomplete with Phoenix LiveView (Part 2).
• https://ivanmunguia.dev/blog/posts/create-address-autocomplete-with-elixir-phoenix-liveview – Tutorial on implementing Google Maps autocomplete with Phoenix LiveView (Part 1).
• https://x.com/sasajuric/status/1876193891084644631 – Saša Jurić announces speaking at Goatmire conference.
• https://goatmire.com – Website for Goatmire conference, taking place September 10-12 in Varberg, Sweden.

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