June 05, 2023

How to Transition to Verified Routes in Phoenix 1.7

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How to Transition to Verified Routes in Phoenix 1.7

Source: fly.io

The article by Mark Ericksen describes the process of migrating legacy routing in a Phoenix application to the new Verified Routes feature introduced in Phoenix 1.7. Verified Routes offer readability, elegant syntax without a route helper with many arguments, and compile-time checks. The author suggests upgrading to Phoenix 1.7 before starting with the migration and stresses the necessity of handling static routes before using the automated mix task designed by Andreas Eriksson. This task simplifies the process by identifying and suggesting changes for most routes, but it does not handle multiline routes, certain query parameters, routes in comments, or invalid routes. The author shares personal experiences with the tool and provides tips on handling remaining issues after the initial pass. They also note adjustments necessary for Phoenix components using routes and eventually the successful completion of the migration, with no 'Routes.' calls remaining in the project, confirming the benefits of Verified Routes. Appreciation is shown for the community tool created by Andreas Eriksson.

Implementing Dynamic Forms using Phoenix LiveView Streams

Berenice Medel provides a step-by-step guide on how to create a dynamic list component using LiveView Streams and enhanced form features in Phoenix LiveView 0.18/0.19. The guide covers how to add, edit, and delete items in a list component, as well as optimizing memory usage by using Streams.

May 29, 2023

Sorting Map Keys in Elixir with IEx Configuration

Mark Ericksen explains how recent changes in Elixir 1.14.4 and OTP 26 have caused map keys to be displayed in an unpredictable order. He provides a solution to sort map keys by default in IEx and shares other customizations for an improved IEx shell experience.

May 18, 2023

Deploying Elixir Apps with structure.sql in Production Environments

Mark Ericksen discusses the problem of loading a structure.sql file in a production environment where mix is not available after building a mix release. He provides a solution that involves committing the structure.sql file to version control, adding the postgresql-client package to the Dockerfile, and updating the migrate/0 function in the release.ex file to run the structure.sql file when needed.

May 17, 2023