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ElixirConf EU: A Whirlwind Tour of Testing in Elixir

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Talk

This talk was given at ElixirConf Europe, in Prague 🇨🇿.

Abstract

Tests are an integral part of any application. They are a safety net to refactor applications and also great living documentation. Beginning with unit tests, we’ll see how to write thorough but also maintainable tests, and how the key to do so is to focus on the message-passing. Moving up the pyramid, we’ll then go through end-to-end tests, but also component and contract tests. These last two are becoming increasingly important, since it’s hard to maintain end-to-end tests in microservice architectures.

Hello, world! 👋

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 23:57:00 +0100

Hey there! Feels nice to be on the other side. I’ve consumed stuff from the internet for so long without ever contributing back.

This year I attended my first FOSDEM. I’ve been a supporter of free and open-source software for a long time, for instance by running my own cloud or using Firefox and DuckDuckGo. However, attending FOSDEM gave me a different kind of motivation to take this even further and contribute to an open and decentralized web – I’m now self-hosting this blog using the incredible Hugo, but that’s the subject of a future post.

Pixels Camp: Embracing Elixir – An Adoption Story

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Talk

This talk was given at Pixels Camp, in Lisbon 🇵🇹.

Abstract

Elixir, the language with Ruby-like syntax that runs on the Erlang VM, is known for its ability to build highly scalable and resilient applications. It’s rapidly growing and capturing the interest of more and more developers. Yet, most of the people interested in Elixir aren’t using it in their jobs. In this talk, Daniel Caixinha will explore some ways of changing this reality. Merging his experience at Onfido with the knowledge from the “Adopting Elixir” book, he’ll go through several aspects for building a business case to adopt Elixir. Most of the lessons learned in this journey are general, so they can be applied on most technology adoptions.

Hey there 👋 I'm Daniel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m a software engineer living in sunny Lisbon 🇵🇹

As you can probably guess from the sidebar, I’m mostly enthusiastic about Elixir, having published one book about it, and also organizing the Lisbon |> Elixir meet-up.

Head over to Talks if you want to see some ideas I’ve previously shared.

I’m currently working on great tech at Sona 💚. Previously, I worked at Talkdesk and Onfido, where I was fortunate to get some of the best mentors out there (you know who you are 💙💜).