It’s easy to end up with an overly complex LiveView that houses lots of business rules and responsibilities. We can use Phoenix.LiveComponent to build a LiveView feature that is clean, maintainable and adherent to the Single Responsibility Principle.
Follow along as we use build Elixir School’s Slack invite portal: Admissions.
We’ll use LiveView’s live_link/2 together with the handle_params/3 callback to allow users to sort a table in real-time.
The release of Elixir 1.9 gave us mix release and the ability to support basic releases, runtime configuration and more, natively in Elixir. Learn how we were able to build a production release of an Elixir umbrella app with Docker, mix release and the new Config module.
We had a great time at ElixirConf 2019! Hear about Elixir School’s two workshops, along with the highlight talks and activities that we enjoyed this year.
23 Aug 2019 in Today I Learned
Before you reach for adding another association to your schema, consider using Ecto.Query#select_merge/3 with a virtual field instead.
ElixirSchool was invited to participate in a conference for the first time! Our own @gemantzu was there, and has a lot to say!
By pairing a custom Phoenix Channel with our LiveView, with the help of a Registry, we can respond to LiveView events with custom JavaScript on the client-side to provide better UX.
Use Phoenix Presence in your LiveView to track user state with just a few lines of code.
Join us this year at ElixirConf 2019 for the first ever Elixir School workshop!
17 Apr 2019 in Today I Learned
Use Ports and GenServers to communicate from your Elixir app to processes running outside the Erlang VM.
Integrate Phoenix PubSub with LiveView to build real-time features capable of broadcasting updates across a set of clients.
25 Mar 2019 in Today I Learned
Let’s take a look at how Ecto handles these two ways of ensuring data integrity
19 Mar 2019 in Today I Learned
Learn how to use Phoenix LiveView for real-time features without complicated JS frameworks.
21 Feb 2019 in Today I Learned
Learn the ins and outs of Elixir’s 3 supervisor strategies
15 Feb 2019 in Today I Learned
Support non-blocking, async GenServer initialization callbacks with OTP 21’s nifty handle_continue/2!
Want to put your app in the real world? Today we do it with Heroku!
07 Feb 2019 in Today I Learned
Want to schedule something to run later? Need a reoccurring task? Today we learn how!
When it comes to building a web application with Elixir many people will immediately reach for Phoenix.
However, did you know Plug.Router is just as viable an option?
Sometimes, it can be even faster.
De-mystify the concept of recursion and gain a deeper understanding of how and why to use it by writing our very own recursive function in Elixir.
A codealong to help connect Kafka to your Elixir project with the wrapper Kaffe.