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Phoenix Framework
The Phoenix framework stands out in the Elixir ecosystem for its robust capabilities in web development, supported by comprehensive documentation and a supportive community. Developers have shared experiences working on commercial projects with Phoenix and LiveView, emphasizing the ease of integrating complex UI elements and ensuring real-time updates. Recent advancements include using Rust for performance improvements and introducing LiveView hooks for external libraries like SortableJS, enhancing UI customization. Furthermore, Phoenix's efficient handling of associations in Ecto simplifies relational management in applications. Concurrently, developers have noted the benefits of maintaining modular codebases and optimizing live updates, contributing to a streamlined development process.
A diverse set of tools such as Hex, Sobelow, and async workflows in LiveView attribute to Phoenix's extensive ecosystem. The introduction of libraries like Absinthe for GraphQL and components for handling upgrades and modifications highlights Phoenix's adaptability. Additionally, Phoenix's integration with tools like Fly.io leverages global distribution, facilitating scalable deployments. Real-time functionalities like LiveView Uploads further augment its dynamic capabilities, making Phoenix a versatile framework for modern web application development.
Implementing Twitter-style Relationships in Elixir/Phoenix with Ecto
Meraj Molla examines the process of creating self-referential associations in Elixir, focusing on follower-following relationships similar to those on Twitter.
Testing Read-Only External Database Connections in Phoenix
Peter Ullrich provides a detailed guide on how to test an external, read-only database connection in Phoenix. He suggests creating a new Ecto.Repo for the external database connection and configuring it to be read-only. He also provides steps for creating migrations and using a Factory Delegator to populate the test database.
Elixir Performance Optimization Techniques
In this presentation, Tyler Young discusses various performance enhancement techniques within the Elixir programming language. He provided insights into optimizing Elixir applications, with a focus on CPU performance improvement tactics.
Exploring Phoenix LiveView's Async Operations
Mark Ericksen explores how to use Phoenix LiveView's new async operations feature in his article "Abusing LiveView's new Async Assigns Feature." He discusses starting and stopping async tasks, handling success and failure states, and canceling running tasks. The article showcases the versatility and power of async operations in Phoenix LiveView.
Ensuring Unique Data Entries in Phoenix Applications
George Arrowsmith explains in his article "Foolproof uniqueness validations in Phoenix with Ecto" how to validate the uniqueness of data in a Phoenix app using the Ecto.Changeset module. He discusses the limitations of the validates_uniqueness_of validator in Rails and introduces the use of unsafe_validate_unique and unique_constraint functions in Ecto for a more secure and user-friendly validation process.
Release of Bandit and Thousand Island 1.0.0
Mat Trudel announces that Bandit and Thousand Island are both reaching version 1.0.0 today, after almost four years of development. Mat reflects on the progress made and highlights exciting future plans, thanking the community for their contributions and support.
Continuation of LiveView Native's Journey Toward Version 0.2
Brian Cardarella discusses the challenges faced in representing SwiftUI's modifier system in LiveView Native and the solutions they have come up with. They have advocated for changes in both Phoenix and Elixir to improve the integration and are working towards better dev ergonomics and format implicit layout rendering in LiveView.
Discovering the Hidden Value of Elixir Beyond Functional Programming
Owen Bickford discusses why Elixir is his preferred programming language, highlighting its functional paradigm, concurrency, and fault tolerance. He also delves into a lesser talked about feature of Elixir that allows it to solve problems previously considered unfit for the language and the BEAM.
Elixir's Flexibility in the Monolith vs. Microservices Debate
Elixir offers a simple way to avoid the monolith vs. microservices debate by providing clear modular boundaries in code and easy extraction of modules to separate services if needed. The author explains why microservices are often overused and emphasizes the importance of building modular software and investing in DevOps.
The Comprehensive Capabilities of Elixir and Phoenix
Jason Stiebs explains why Elixir and Phoenix are an excellent choice for developers, highlighting the various features and advantages of the language and framework. Learn about the built-in support for concurrency, distribution, RPC, low resource usage, and more!
Enhancing LiveView with JavaScript for Dynamic User Experiences
In this video, Chris Nelson discusses the benefits of using LiveView in Elixir development, along with complex Javascript integration methods. It addresses scenarios for integrating Javascript, maintaining LiveView productivity, and fostering a better developer experience. It discusses using Custom HTML Elements and two libraries, `LiveElements` and `LiveState`.
Organizing Phoenix Application Code through Context Structuring
Ahmed Mansour discusses the technique of structuring Phoenix contexts by splitting them into layers, allowing for better organization and reduced complexity. This approach helps create consistent and predictable code, making the context a calmer place to work with.
Implementing an Elixir-Based Distributed Router for GDPR Compliance
De Wet Blomerus shares the story of building a globally distributed router using Elixir to enhance latency, hold on to connections, and route traffic to the correct region for GDPR compliance.
Building an AI Fitness Trainer with Elixir
Mark Ericksen created an AI Personal Fitness Trainer named “Max” in just 2 days. It quickly became his new workout buddy and reignited his fitness excitement!
Building a Database Interface and PostgreSQL Proxy Using Elixir
Michael St Clair recently showcased how he utilized Elixir, Ecto, and LiveView to build a database GUI and discussed the usage of gen_tcp to create a Postgres proxy, along with the role of binaries in the Postgres message protocol context.
Understanding ETL Processes Using Oban in Elixir
Brandon Bennett explores ETL with Oban, a tool for creating data transformation workflows. He provides an example of using Oban to generate stats for superheroes and create a daily digest to determine the best superhero.
Data Validation Techniques in Phoenix for Elixir
David Sulc explores how to avoid bad data and validate data at the boundary of a Phoenix application for Elixir. This post covers techniques such as pattern matching and guards to ensure the data remains clean.
Building Scalable Machine Learning Applications with Elixir
Sean Moriarity shows how easy it is to build machine-learning applications with Elixir, especially in a few hours, to build a simple enriched newsfeed.
Applying DDD for Improved Phoenix Contexts
German Velasco explores the confusion around using Phoenix contexts in applications and introduces the use of domain-driven design (DDD) concepts to create more effective Phoenix contexts.
Introduction to the Permit authorization library for Elixir Phoenix apps
Michał Buszkiewicz explores the features of the Permit library for managing resource authorization in Phoenix, LiveView, and Ecto. Discover how Permit automatically converts authorization conditions to Ecto queries and provides a mechanism for running them in controller and LiveView actions.
Creating Simple SVG Sparklines
Alex Plescan writes about how to create easy SVG sparklines, compact and simple charts that show a trend without the nitty-gritty. He explains the process of handcrafting the SVG and scaling the vector graphics to create beautiful sparklines.
Implementing Magic Link Authentication in Phoenix LiveView
John Elm Labs shows you how to add magic link authentication to a Phoenix LiveView App. This step-by-step guide will help you implement this popular sign-in flow easily and securely.
Building Conversational Web APIs with Phoenix Channels
Nicholas Scheurich explores the possibilities of using Phoenix Channels to build a stateful, Channels-based web interface that reduces network traffic, eliminates data overhead, and provides a unified mechanism for establishing application connectivity to browsers, mobile apps, and hardware devices.
Optimizing Phoenix Template Rendering through Meta-programming
Andrew Selder presents at ElixirConf 2023 on how to speed up dynamic templates using meta-programming, achieving compiled-template-level performance for arbitrary templates with significant improvements over the old method.
Editing Forms Within Modals in Phoenix 1.7
Adam Lancaster shares a tutorial on how to edit a form in a modal using Phoenix 1.7 for Elixir. He provides step-by-step instructions and code examples, making it easy to follow along and implement in your own applications.
Introduction of LangChain Library for Elixir
Mark Ericksen created an Elixir LangChain library called “langchain” on Hex.pm. LangChain is a framework designed to simplify the creation of applications using large language models (LLMs).
Using Sobelow for Securing Elixir Applications
Michael Lubas provides a guide for effectively using Sobelow, the best static code analysis security tool for Elixir and Phoenix. He covers project planning, classifying findings, and using Sobelow effectively.
Exploring Elixir's Unique Observability Features
Lars Wikman shares insights on the observability features unique to the BEAM runtime and how Elixir has excellent tools for monitoring and debugging applications.
Creating Custom Data Visualizations in LiveView with SVG
Meks McClure & Mark Keele share their process of building interactive charts in Elixir, including evaluating existing libraries, hand rolling SVG charts, using LiveView and Tailwind, and adding interactivity and data appending with Phoenix streams.
Implementing Graceful Shutdown in Phoenix Applications
Jason Axelson provides a quick guide for running a graceful shutdown process in your Phoenix application, ensuring clean process termination and minimizing downtime during deployments. When a process ends it is important that you clean up what remains of that process or things will get messy.
Introduction to LiveViewNative for Cross-Platform Development
Brooklin Myers delves into the powerful combination of Elixir and LiveView as they explore LiveViewNative application development for Android, iOS, and beyond.
Leveraging Elixir for Scalable Embedded AI Point of Sale Systems
Alfonso Gonzalez discusses their experience using Elixir for real-time monitoring of point of sales and integrating IoT devices, firmware development with Nerves, and exploring evision for AI inference at ElixirConf 2023.
Integrating Machine Learning Models with Elixir Using Nx
Andrés Alejos presents a talk at ElixirConf 2023 about using EXGBoost + Mockingjay, a Gradient Boosted Decision Tree library, in Elixir for learning structured tabular data and its application in a scalable production environment using Nx's Serving capability and a Phoenix web app.
Streamlining MLOps with Elixir's Capabilities
Sean Moriarity shows how to do MLOps in Elixir, simplifying the deployment of machine learning models without much effort.
Learning Distributed Systems through Fantasy and Elixir
Kevin Avignon invites you to embark on an exciting adventure in his online book, 'Beware of Dragons: A Distributed Systems Adventure'. Join him as he combines the magic of fantasy with the world of computer systems to explore the secrets of distributed systems and make your own epic journey.
Creating and Managing Distributed Elixir Tasks on Fly.io
Jason Stiebs shows how to use Elixir and Fly.io to start a Machine anywhere in the world, execute code on it, and communicate with it as if it was running locally. The post explains how to achieve global distribution and highlights the benefits of using Elixir with a distributed global network.
Summary of Elixir News from Thinking Elixir Podcast Episode 169
News covers the conclusion of ElixirConf US 2023 with key highlights being Chris McCord's keynote on improved Phoenix debugging tools, and Jose Valim's keynote introducing the "Strong Arrows" concept for handling dynamic types.
Insights and Lessons from Phoenix Framework Development
Chris McCord shares his insights on new features coming to Phoenix at ElixirConf US 2023 in Orlando, FL.
Exploring LiveView Native at ElixirConf 2023
Brian Cardarella gives an update on the progress of the LiveView Native project at ElixirConf US 2023 in Orlando, FL.
Improving LLM Prompting in Elixir with a Custom Sigil
Charlie Holtz explains why he created a new sigil, ~LLM, and introduces a new hex package called :ai that contains AI helpers.
Discussion and Insights on Elixir Development
Adi, Allen, and Sascha dive deep into observability and tracing in the Beam, discussing the advantages of using open telemetry and exploring different levels of observability, from Phoenix Live View to telemetry and tracing operations in large pipelines.
Integrating Prometheus Metrics and Grafana Dashboards with Elixir using PromEx
Alexandre Moreira Xavier shows you how to build your own Prometheus metrics using PromEx. PromEx is a library made by Alexander Koutmos that helps you integrate your Elixir application with Prometheus and Grafana.
Integrating a Custom Tooltip Component into a Phoenix Project
Andrew Timberlake has written a tutorial on adding a custom tooltip component to a Phoenix project using the PopperJS library. The post covers setting up the component, the live view, the CSS, and the Javascript, and demonstrating how to incorporate any Javascript library that requires bindings to an element in Phoenix through the use of Hooks.
Creating a Custom Phoenix Project Generator
Victor Björklund shares how to build a custom Phoenix phx.new generator. He explains the problem with the existing generators and explores possible solutions, such as modifying and extending Phoenix's mix task generators to align with project requirements.
Kanta: A New Translation Management Tool for Elixir and Phoenix Web Applications
Artur Ziętkiewicz introduces Kanta, an open source solution to translations in Elixir & Phoenix web apps. Kanta simplifies the process of managing translations, saving time and reducing errors.
Understanding Elixir's Low Latency Capabilities
Lars explores how Elixir leverages Erlang's soft real-time capability and consistently low latency to provide a near-realtime experience and enhance user satisfaction.
An Overview of Elixir's Syntax
In this blog post titled "Unpacking Elixir", Lars provides a thorough exploration of the Elixir programming language, explaining its syntax, conventions, features, and interop with Erlang. Lars discusses various aspects of the language, such as modules, functions, pipes, pattern matching, macros, and more, offering insights and observations along the way.
Implementing File Uploads in Real-time with Phoenix LiveView
The Fly.io team introduces LiveView Uploads as a solution for handling file uploads in Phoenix applications. Using LiveView, developers can achieve real-time upload progress, drag and drop functionality, and the ability to handle multiple uploads at once, all while hiding the complexity behind the scenes.
Exploring Flop for Elixir Data Handling
In Episode 166 of the Thinking Elixir podcast, Mathias Polligkeit discusses his creation of the flop library, which provides a convenient and reusable solution for filtering, sorting, and pagination in Elixir projects. He also introduces the flop_phoenix package, which includes heex components for building filter forms and tables. It's an interesting exploration of a useful library for Elixir developers.
Asynchronous Task Management in Phoenix LiveView
In this blog post, Mark Ericksen explains how to build an asynchronous workflow in a LiveView using Elixir's concurrency primitives. He demonstrates how to link processes, trap exits, and handle tasks, providing a step-by-step guide to achieve an elegant and efficient solution.
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