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StreamData: Property-based testing and data generation for Elixir
In this blog post, we’ll talk about property-based testing and sample data generation. We’ll cover what these are, why we want them in Elixir, and what are are plans for the future. If you want to use the features discussed here or you want to read more formal documentation, head over to stream_data, which is a library that currently provides both features (albeit in beta form) and which is where we are focusing our efforts.
StreamData: Property-based testing and data generation for Elixir
In this blog post, we’ll talk about property-based testing and sample data generation. We’ll cover what these are, why we want them in Elixir, and what are are plans for the future. If you want to use the features discussed here or you want to read more formal documentation, head over to stream_data, which is a library that currently provides both features (albeit in beta form) and which is where we are focusing our efforts.
Grokking the Y Combinator with Elixir
Among many other mind-bending topics, the book goes through a derivation of the Y combinator. In the past, any technical explanations of the Y combinator have left me with a brain folded into a pretzel and a throbbing headache. This time, however, something clicked.
After spending too long trying to love lisp, I think I'm finally starting to understand the beauty in functional languages - and elixir is to blame. It's very different than most languages I know, but in an almost magical way.