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Re:Elixir 1.5 released by passer-by-123 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:48PM (#14849338)
The performance aspect also makes a huge difference in development. The application boots fast and the live reloading experience is rewarding. Having a 100 test cases that hit your endpoint+database running in less than a second is pure joy.
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Re:Elixir 1.5 released by micmus on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @03:28PM (#14851090)
I can't stress how important that is. We have about 1.5k tests in our Phoenix app and they almost all hit the database - they run in 30 seconds. I compare this to a Rails app where 1k tests run 8 minutes. Having a fast test suite makes development so much easier and makes you rely more on tests.
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Re:Elixir 1.5 released by bostonvaulter2 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:59PM (#14850193)
Urg, I'm so sick of waiting for rails to boot up. It takes like 30-45 seconds at work...
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Re:Elixir 1.5 released by udfalkso on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:00PM (#14849483)
Yes. Tests run so quickly!
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