190: Thinking Elixir News

In this episode, we delve into the significant updates to Phoenix LiveView with its march towards 1.0, including crucial bug fixes in the latest v0.20.5 release. We explore the sleek new testing utility for Elixir, example_test, that's redefining readability in code tests. Plus, the Erlang community is abuzz with a fresh proposal to integrate JSON into the standard library. We'll look into how Fly.io has made GPU instances widely available and what this means for your projects. Don't miss out as we discuss these topics, Gleam's journey toward its 1.0.0 release, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/190

Elixir Community News

• https://twitter.com/elixirphoenix/status/1755593690863620319 – Announcement of Phoenix LiveView v0.20.5 release on Twitter.
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md – Changelog for Phoenix LiveView v0.20.5 detailing deprecations and bug fixes.
• https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1754834825457127606 – German Velasco's tip for printing the name of a currently executed function in a test without prior knowledge.
• https://github.com/erlang/eep/pull/59 – Pull request proposing the addition of a JSON module to the Erlang standard library.
• https://github.com/michalmuskala/eep/blob/json-eep/eeps/eep-0068.md – EEP68 document with details about the proposed JSON support interface for the Erlang standard library.
• https://twitter.com/TylerAYoung/status/1757391526668202060 – Tyler Young announcing a new testing library, example_test, for Elixir on Twitter.
• https://github.com/s3cur3/example_test – GitHub repository for example_test, a utility for defining readable example-based tests in Elixir.
• https://fly.io/blog/gpu-ga/ – Announcement that Fly GPUs are now generally available and no longer on a waitlist.
• https://github.com/acalejos/merquery – Merquery library release, offering a Postman-like Livebook kino cell for interactive queries in Elixir.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clsTrQUt-4M – YouTube video of Louis Pilfold's "Past, Present, Future" talk at FOSDEM 2024 on the language Gleam.
• https://twitter.com/gleamlang/status/1756376900782399629 – Twitter announcement of Gleam Lang v1.0.0-rc.1 release.
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc1 – GitHub release page for Gleam v1.0.0-rc.1.
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/v1.0.0-rc1/CHANGELOG.md – Changelog for Gleam v1.0.0-rc.1 highlighting new features and changes.

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