• Elixir Developer Glossary

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• Provide a Elixir developer glossary of the top 100 Elixir development concepts sorted by the most commonly used. For each concept include a brief description and the URL for the Elixir official documentation and the appropriate GitHub repo or other source code repository. Answer using MediaWiki format.

Creating a comprehensive glossary for Elixir development with 100 concepts, including their descriptions and links to official documentation and GitHub repositories, is quite extensive. While I'll provide an overview of fundamental and advanced Elixir concepts, it's important to note that Elixir, being a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications, has its documentation centralized mainly through the official Elixir website and the Hex package manager.

Given the structure of Elixir's ecosystem, not all concepts have a dedicated GitHub repository, especially those that are part of the core language. However, for libraries and frameworks within the Elixir ecosystem, I'll include GitHub repository links where applicable.

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The core programming language used for building scalable and maintainable applications. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/docs.html]

A build tool that provides tasks for creating, compiling, testing your application, managing its dependencies, and more. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.html] [Source: https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir]

The package manager for the Erlang ecosystem, which Elixir is part of. [Documentation: https://hex.pm/docs] [Source: https://github.com/hexpm/hex]

A productive web framework that does not compromise speed and maintainability. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/overview.html] [Source: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix]

A database wrapper and query generator for Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/ecto/Ecto.html] [Source: https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto]

A generic server implementation that abstracts the common parts of client-server relations. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/GenServer.html]

A process that supervises other processes, called children, and restarts them if they crash. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Supervisor.html]

A set of Erlang libraries and design principles for building distributed applications. [Documentation: https://erlang.org/doc/]

The Erlang virtual machine on which Elixir runs. [Documentation: https://www.erlang.org/docs]

Elixir's interactive shell, allowing for real-time code evaluation. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.html]

A set of algorithms for enumerating over enumerables. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Enum.html]

Lazy enumerables in Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Stream.html]

A mechanism to achieve polymorphism in Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Protocol.html]

A simple abstraction around state. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Agent.html]

A module that allows you to run background tasks. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Task.html]

The test framework that ships with Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/ex_unit/ExUnit.html]

A feature in ExUnit to write tests as part of your function documentation. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/ex_unit/ExUnit.DocTest.html]

A mechanism for working with literals in Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html#sigil/3]

Custom tasks that can be created as part of your Elixir application. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.Task.html]

An experimental project to compile Elixir to JavaScript. [Source: https://github.com/elixirscript/elixirscript]

A concurrent and multi-stage data ingestion and data processing with Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/broadway/Broadway.html] [Source: https://github.com/dashbitco/broadway]

A library for building interactive, real-time web applications without writing JavaScript. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/Phoenix.LiveView.html] [Source: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view]

A platform and framework for building embedded software with Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/nerves/getting

-started.html] [Source: https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves]

A dynamic dispatching library for metrics and instrumentations. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry/] [Source: https://github.com/beam-telemetry/telemetry]

A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/credo/overview.html] [Source: https://github.com/rrrene/credo]

A static analysis tool for Erlang (and by extension, Elixir) that identifies software discrepancies. [Documentation: https://erlang.org/doc/man/dialyzer.html]

A GraphQL toolkit for Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/absinthe/overview.html] [Source: https://github.com/absinthe-graphql/absinthe]

The Elixir Language Server provides a server that editors can connect to for features like auto-complete, document formatting, and more. [Source: https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls]

A release manager for Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/distillery/home.html] [Source: https://github.com/bitwalker/distillery]

A tool to generate documentation for your Elixir projects. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/ex_doc/ExDoc.html] [Source: https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc]

A specification for composable modules in web applications. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/plug/readme.html] [Source: https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug]

An incredibly fast, pure Elixir JSON library. [Source: https://github.com/devinus/poison]

A pure Elixir JSON library. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/jason/Jason.html] [Source: https://github.com/michalmuskala/jason]

A library for working with Elixir templates. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/eex/EEx.html]

A powerful storage engine for Elixir and Erlang objects. [Documentation: https://erlang.org/doc/man/ets.html]

A distributed database management system. [Documentation: https://erlang.org/doc/man/mnesia.html]

The virtual machine at the heart of the Erlang Open Telecom Platform (OTP). [Documentation: https://www.erlang.org/docs]

The collection of middleware, libraries, and tools used to build scalable real-time systems. [Documentation: https://www.erlang.org/docs]

A feature in Elixir that allows you to reference functions and pass them as arguments. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/modules-and-functions.html#function-capturing]

A feature that allows you to match simple values, data structures, and even functions. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/pattern-matching.html]

A method where a function calls itself as a subroutine. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/recursion.html]

The ability of Elixir to run several processes simultaneously in the BEAM VM. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/processes.html]

Lightweight threads of execution used by Elixir for managing state and concurrency. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/processes.html]

Erlang virtual machines that communicate with each other to form a cluster. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/distributed-tasks-and-configuration.html]

A way of structuring multiple Elixir applications in a single project. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/dependencies-and-umbrella-projects.html#umbrella-projects]

A way to define a set of functions that must be implemented by a module. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/typespecs-and-behaviours.html#behaviours]

Specifications that describe the types of functions. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/typespecs-and-behaviours.html#typespecs

]

A tool for creating documentation for your projects that can be published on HexDocs. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/ex_doc] [Source: https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc]

A feature of Mix that allows you to customize your build configuration per environment. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.html#module-environments]

Custom tasks that can be created and run with Mix. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.Task.html]

Utilities provided by IEx to help with development tasks. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.Helpers.html]

Components designed to be started and stopped as a unit. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Application.html]

A packaged version of your application along with the Erlang/OTP runtime. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.Tasks.Release.html]

Supervisors that can dynamically start and stop child processes. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/DynamicSupervisor.html]

A local, decentralized, and scalable key-value process storage. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Registry.html]

A specification for exchange events between producers and consumers. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/gen_stage/GenStage.html] [Source: https://github.com/elixir-lang/gen_stage]

A library for building computational flows that leverages GenStage for concurrency. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/flow/Flow.html] [Source: https://github.com/dashbitco/flow]

A concurrent and multi-stage data ingestion and data processing with Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/broadway/Broadway.html] [Source: https://github.com/dashbitco/broadway]

An open and community-driven effort to bring Elixir learning resources to many languages. [Source: https://github.com/elixirschool/elixirschool]

A place for Elixir community members to discuss topics related to Elixir. [URL: https://elixirforum.com]

A library for building interactive, real-time web applications without writing JavaScript. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/Phoenix.LiveView.html] [Source: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view]

A website listing companies using Elixir in production. [URL: https://elixir-companies.com]

A graphical tool for observing the characteristics of Erlang systems. [Documentation: https://erlang.org/doc/apps/observer/observer_ug.html]

A powerful storage engine built into the Erlang VM for storing large amounts of data in-memory. [Documentation: https://erlang.org/doc/man/ets.html]

A distributed database management system built into the Erlang runtime. [Documentation: https://erlang.org/doc/man/mnesia.html]

A benchmarking tool for Elixir. [Source: https://github.com/bencheeorg/benchee]

A release manager for Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/distillery/home.html] [Source: https://github.com/bitwalker/distillery]

A security-focused static analysis tool for the Phoenix framework. [Source: https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow]

A concurrent browser test framework for Elixir. [Source: https://github.com/elixir-wallaby/wallaby]

A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/credo/overview.html] [Source: https://github.com/rrrene/credo]

A mix task to simplify the use of Dialyzer in Elixir projects. [Source: https://github.com/jeremyjh/dialyxir]

Elixir's built-in test framework. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/ex_unit/ExUnit.html]

Tests written within module documentation using IEx syntax. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/ex_unit/ExUnit.DocTest.html]

The Elixir Language Server, providing features like auto

-completion and inline reporting of compilation errors in editors. [Source: https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls]

The official place to host Elixir and Erlang documentation. [URL: https://hexdocs.pm]

Elixir's built-in logging facility. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/logger/Logger.html]

A weekly newsletter about Elixir. [URL: https://elixir-radar.com]

Distributed Publish-Subscribe system for Phoenix applications. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_pubsub/Phoenix.PubSub.html] [Source: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_pubsub]

A feature for building real-time applications and enabling soft real-time communication between clients and servers. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/channels.html]

Elixir's templating engine, which allows you to embed Elixir code inside strings. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/eex/EEx.html]

The act of a function calling itself, commonly used in Elixir for iterating over collections. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/recursion.html]

A syntax for iterating over enumerables in Elixir. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/comprehensions.html]

A way of generating literals in Elixir using a concise syntax. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/sigils.html]

A mechanism for meta-programming in Elixir, allowing developers to write code that generates code. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/meta/macros.html]

Special maps with a fixed set of fields and default values, used to define custom data types. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/structs.html]

A way to achieve polymorphism in Elixir, allowing different data types to implement the same function. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/protocols.html]

Defines a set of functions that must be implemented by a module. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/typespecs-and-behaviours.html#behaviours]

Provides static type checking for Elixir, used in conjunction with tools like Dialyzer. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/typespecs-and-behaviours.html#typespecs]

Utilizing Elixir's lightweight processes to run code simultaneously. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/processes.html]

Predefined sets of callbacks that aim to solve common problems in Erlang/OTP. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/otp-introduction.html]

An OTP behaviour for implementing server processes. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/genserver.html]

Structures that supervise and manage processes to ensure an application's resilience. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/supervisor-and-application.html]

An in-memory store for Elixir and Erlang objects that supports fast data retrieval. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mnesia.html]

A distributed database management system in Erlang, accessible from Elixir. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mnesia.html]

Configuration management tool for Elixir applications. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/config-and-releases.html#configuration]

The way to package Elixir applications for deployment. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/config-and-releases.html#releases]

A way of structuring multiple Elixir applications under a single project. [Documentation: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/dependencies-and-umbrella-projects.html#umbrella-projects]

The start and end of the request lifecycle in a Phoenix application. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/Phoenix.Endpoint.html]

A real-time performance

monitoring and debugging tool for Phoenix applications.

A platform for crafting and deploying bulletproof embedded software in Elixir. [Documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/nerves/getting-started.html] [Source: https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves] ```

This glossary provides a broad overview of Elixir development concepts, from basic language features to advanced frameworks and tools, along with official documentation and GitHub repositories where available. Elixir's ecosystem is vibrant and rapidly evolving, with a strong focus on concurrency, fault tolerance, and distributed systems. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, these resources offer a wealth of information to deepen your understanding of Elixir and its applications.