Tag: Functional programming
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Elixir in production: What is it used for?
Posted on November 11, 2024, Level beginner Resource Length medium
There are many success stories out there about using Elixir in production that not only prove that the language is mature enough to be a solid choice, but it can be even more effective than the usual frequently used languages and frameworks thanks to the features provided by BEAM and OTP. By RisingStack Engineering.
Tags elixir web-development functional-programming how-to app-development erlang
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What is the fastest programming language? Making the case for Elixir
Posted on February 1, 2024, Level beginner Resource Length medium
As turnaround times continue to shrink and the innovation expected from developers expands, programming language speeds can become a deciding factor for solution designers. If you're concerned about speed, Elixir may be the language you're looking for. By Content Team.
Tags elixir web-development performance functional-programming app-development erlang
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Demystifying Elixir web app development: A comprehensive introduction
Posted on January 31, 2024, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Elixir is a dynamic programming language with a syntax that combines a wild blend of influences for more scalable and stable programming. Elixir combines the best features of Ruby, the superpowers of Erlang, and the functional elegance of other languages. By Idhaya M V.
Tags elixir web-development functional-programming app-development erlang
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Improving Node.js performance using Rust
Posted on November 10, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Node.js is a popular JavaScript runtime for writing backend applications. Its flexibility and nonblocking nature have made it the premier choice for API consumption. It's important to note that Node.js, which is single-threaded, isn't ideal for heavy computational tasks as blocking the main thread with lengthy calculations can lead to performance issues. Fortunately, Node.js supports worker threads, providing a way to handle such intensive tasks without blocking the main thread. By Anshul Goyal.
Tags learning functional-programming how-to programming performance
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Unveiling Dart 3.1: New horizon for functional programming in Flutter
Posted on August 24, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Unveiling Dart 3.1: A New Horizon for Functional Programming in Flutter Google BigQuery – a fully managed Cloud Data Warehouse for analytics from Google Cloud Platform (GCP), is one of the most popular Cloud-based analytics solutions. Due to its unique architecture and seamless integration with other services from GCP, there are certain best practices to be considered while configuring Google BigQuery ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) & migrating data to BigQuery. By Faisal K K.
Tags functional-programming app-development android programming
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Ericsson to WhatsApp: The story of Erlang
Posted on July 2, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
In this post, we're going to look at a piece of technology that was banned by the company that created it. It was kept alive by a small team of enthusiasts. Then, almost thirty years after its first development, it became the core technology underpinning one of the most important and lucrative startups of the 2010s. By Babbage.
Tags frameworks performance app-development elixir erlang functional-programming
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Haskell in enterprise: Interview with Rob Harrison
Posted on March 21, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length long
We've all heard about Haskell success stories from famous companies like Meta and Tesla. But did you know that Haskell is successfully used in plenty of enterprises, many of which you wouldn't think of as being at the forefront of technology? By Gints Dreimanis.
Tags functional-programming software-architecture web-development app-development
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Embracing the power of functional programming: A comprehensive guide
Posted on March 16, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Functional programming has steadily gained traction in the software development world, thanks to its ability to create more maintainable, efficient, and robust code. By Arthur Frank.
Tags functional-programming programming performance software
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Kotlin JDSL: Let's use Kotlin to easily write reactive Criteria API
Posted on September 27, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
In this post, we'll be looking at Kotlin JDSL Reactive modules. While many of you might have a preconceived notion that JPA cannot be reactive, Hibernate released a reactive JPA library called Hibernate Reactive. By Hyunsik Kang.
Tags programming kotlin functional-programming jvm apis
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How to program an IoT device in Elixir using Nerves?
Posted on September 26, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Elixir is a great choice language for IoT devices due to its fault-tolerant nature, but also because of the ability to handle a lot of concurrent I/O operations thanks to the BEAM scheduler running under the hood. By Artur Ziętkiewicz.
Tags programming iot erlang functional-programming elixir
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Data Manipulation with functional programming and queries in Ballerina
Posted on August 18, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
As an adept at Functional Programming (FP), I feel at ease with expressing my data manipulation logic by chaining high order functions like map, filter, and sort operating on arrays and maps. Ballerina, being designed as a Data-Oriented programming language, supports this FP style of coding. By Yehonathan Sharvit.
Tags app-development programming database functional-programming mysql
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Extending SQLite with Rust to support Excel files as virtual tables
Posted on July 18, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
This article explains how SQLite can be extended with Rust. In particular, it will outline SQLite's mechanism called virtual tables and showcase how we can use it from Rust programming language. By Sergey Khabibullin.
Tags performance app-development programming functional-programming