Introduction to Aino Framework on Elixir

In this presentation given at GigCityElixir23, Eric Oestrich discusses Aino, a minimalistic web framework for Elixir that aims to provide a faster and simpler alternative to Phoenix. Aino is built on the Elixir language and does not rely on Cowboy or Bandit, instead, it introduces its own set of concepts such as Handlers, Middleware, and Tokens, which streamline the web request handling process. Eric highlights that Aino simplifies web development with Elixir by boiling down the essentials into about a thousand lines of code for the entire framework. It also boasts about 1.5 times faster performance compared to Phoenix on benchmark tests. Moreover, Aino does away with WebSockets in favor of Server-Sent Events (SSEs) for a simpler flow in unidirectional communication with the client. While Eric demonstrates the effectiveness of Aino through a Twitter clone example called Topio and a URL shortener application, both showcasing the framework's capabilities, he leaves the decision of whether to use Aino up to the developer's discretion.