Build a Game Engine with Elixir

Elixir is a dynamic, functional language leveraging the Erlang VM designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. At our next evening event, Toran Billups will guide us through a hands-on Elixir workshop. This great introduction to functional programming will involve building a game engine for a simple match card game.

Feel free to bring a laptop so you can participate! Get a head start by installing Docker (especially if you have a Windows machine) and cloning the workshop repo: https://github.com/toranb/elixir-workshop

Andrew Schutt will also present a lightning talk that highlights some Elixir use cases like Phoenix LiveView, Nerves & IoT, Lumen (web assembly), and more.

Join us on Monday, November 11th at 6:30pm at Pillar Technology. Please RSVP ahead of time so we have accurate counts for food and drink.

About the Speaker

Toran has been a staple of the Des Moines web development community for years. He has done a lot of stuff. You can read his writing on his personal site https://toranbillups.com/ and follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/toranb.

About the Venue

the Forge, by Pillar Technology is a technology consulting company with over 20 years of uncovering and executing industry-disrupting opportunities at lightning speed.