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Phoenix and Elixir are trucking along nicely. Elixir 1.3 is on release candidate, as is Ecto 2.0 and Phoenix 1.2. The big feature of Phoenix 1.2 is channel pre

Phoenix and Elixir are trucking along nicely. Elixir 1.3 is on release candidate, as is Ecto 2.0 and Phoenix 1.2. The big feature of Phoenix 1.2 is channel presence: https://dockyard.com/blog/2016/03/25/what-makes-phoenix-presence-special-sneak-peek https://dockyard.com/blog/2016/03/25/what-makes-phoenix-pres... Whats coming in elixir 1.3: http://tuvistavie.com/2016/elixir-1-3/ http://tuvistavie.com/2016/elixir-1-3/ Ecto 2.0: http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2016/02/ecto-2-0-0-beta-0-is-out/ http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2016/02/ecto-2-0-0-beta-0-i... Other than that the community is growing at a healthy pace. Hex packages have gone from 1000 to over 2000 in the last 6 months.

raitom 10y ago
I like how phoenix is evolving but is it really ready for production?
- chrismccord 10y ago
  Yep. Companies worth hundreds of millions have been relying on Phoenix for well over a year now. Also Phoenix has been 1.0 since August last year.
- praveenperera 10y ago
  Absolutely, Bleacher Report and I believe Pintrest are both using it in production. Here is a full list of companies using elixir: https://github.com/doomspork/elixir-companies https://github.com/doomspork/elixir-companies
  - abritinthebay 10y ago
    As an employee of Bleacher Report - yup, we use it a LOT. Everyone loves it. It's most useful for our services (our consumer facing app is Rails atm) but it's great.
cutler 10y ago
The problem with hex.pm is that it doesn't distinguish Elixir and Erlang packages so the total is a mixture of both which is not very useful.
- quaunaut 10y ago
  Why is it not useful? You can drop erlang packages straight into Elixir projects without any issue.
  - cutler 10y ago
    I meant not useful in terms of gauging the output of the Elixir community.
- RobertKerans 10y ago
  That should make no difference at all. Having Erlang packages alongside Elixir ones, incorporating them seamlessly into mix, is a massive plus.

raitom 10y ago

I like how phoenix is evolving but is it really ready for production?

chrismccord 10y ago
Yep. Companies worth hundreds of millions have been relying on Phoenix for well over a year now. Also Phoenix has been 1.0 since August last year.
praveenperera 10y ago
Absolutely, Bleacher Report and I believe Pintrest are both using it in production. Here is a full list of companies using elixir: https://github.com/doomspork/elixir-companies https://github.com/doomspork/elixir-companies
- abritinthebay 10y ago
  As an employee of Bleacher Report - yup, we use it a LOT. Everyone loves it. It's most useful for our services (our consumer facing app is Rails atm) but it's great.

cutler 10y ago

The problem with hex.pm is that it doesn't distinguish Elixir and Erlang packages so the total is a mixture of both which is not very useful.

quaunaut 10y ago
Why is it not useful? You can drop erlang packages straight into Elixir projects without any issue.
- cutler 10y ago
  I meant not useful in terms of gauging the output of the Elixir community.
RobertKerans 10y ago
That should make no difference at all. Having Erlang packages alongside Elixir ones, incorporating them seamlessly into mix, is a massive plus.