At Binary Noggin, we frequently use Phoenix Channels to build applications. Although Phoenix Channels are cool, they aren't always needed when integrating with clients. Sometimes a raw websocket connection is all you need to get real-time communication up and running....
Elixir has grown significantly since its inception in 2012 and has proven to be an effective programming language in a variety of industries. From gaming to food and beverage companies to learning management systems, Elixir’s clean syntax means this language will...
My absolute favorite part of Elixir/Erlang is Binary Pattern Matching. While working on the new BLE Library for Elixir, I've had to implement a ton of protocols that are part of the Bluetooth specification. I want to take a moment to appreciate how easy it is to...
A recent interest of mine has been multimedia & streaming. I've always believed Elixir/Erlang would be an amazing fit for this niche if it were to be used there. It took a few years, but finally Software Manson released their new open source framework called...
A few weeks ago, I saw that Mike Binns put together a project using the Xbox Kinect. Although I was stoked to see that, it had one huge glaring issue. There was no Linux support -and by extension, no Nerves support! Let’s take some time to fix that. The Build System...
