Visual functional programming with DRAKON-Erlang

DRAKON is a visual language from the aero-space industry. It has unique features that improve understanding of complex algorithms. DRAKON gives a human-eye-friendly look to the solid functional core of Erlang. Together, these two battle-tested technologies strengthen each other.

Talk objectives:

- Give an overview of the DRAKON visual language.
- Show how to write an actual Erlang program using DRAKON Editor as an IDE.

Target audience:

Some basic knowledge of Erlang is enough. This talk could be interesting to developers in other functional languages.

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About Stepan

Stepan has been writing and maintaining code since 2000. Currently, he is employed by a Norwegian company Visma Software International AS. His previous employers include CQG Inc. and Deutsche Bank. Stepan is also one of the authors and the project lead for DRAKON Editor.

GitHub: stepan-mitkin

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