Why elixir over Golang

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/elixir

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  1. Testify

    A toolkit with common assertions and mocks that plays nicely with the standard library

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  3. moq

    Interface mocking tool for go generate (by matryer)

  4. sqlc

    Generate type-safe code from SQL

    For maintaining state I use PostgreSQL. Driver: https://github.com/jackc/pgx (I use the pgxpools) Along with Sqlc for generating database models and allowing me to focus on just building queries in DBeaver. https://sqlc.dev/

  5. revive

    🔥 ~6x faster, stricter, configurable, extensible, and beautiful drop-in replacement for golint

    Linting and static analysis: https://revive.run/

  6. pgx

    PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go

    For maintaining state I use PostgreSQL. Driver: https://github.com/jackc/pgx (I use the pgxpools) Along with Sqlc for generating database models and allowing me to focus on just building queries in DBeaver. https://sqlc.dev/

  7. goose

    A database migration tool. Supports SQL migrations and Go functions. (by pressly)

  8. zap

    Blazing fast, structured, leveled logging in Go.

    And finally for structured logging: https://github.com/uber-go/zap

  9. InfluxDB

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  10. distroless

    🥑 Language focused docker images, minus the operating system.

    Deployment: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless

  11. casbin

    An authorization library that supports access control models like ACL, RBAC, ABAC in Golang: https://discord.gg/S5UjpzGZjN

  12. Rustler

    Safe Rust bridge for creating Erlang NIF functions

    Rustler is so awesome for this. Write Elixir NIFs in Rust? Yes, please!

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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