1. Lessons From Using Phoenix 1.3

    Phoenix 1.3 introduces contexts, which has been met with some resistance. I’ve developed an application using it and learned some lessons.

    David Bernheisel

  2. Simple Phoenix Text Inputs with Formulator

    Ugh… three lines for a simple text input for a form in Phoenix? How about one with Formulator?

    David Bernheisel

  3. ExMachina 2.0 - Cast Away

    ExMachina 2.0 brings new features and functions for easier testing.

    Josh Steiner

  4. Running Project Mix Commands from Any Directory

    How I discovered how to run project-specific Mix commands from any directory.

    Jake Craige

  5. Preloading Nested Associations with Ecto

    A look at how to preload database associations using Elixir’s Ecto library.

    Greg Lazarev

  6. "Tell, Don't Ask" in Elixir: A Story of Pattern-Matching

    Write declarative Elixir code by applying “Tell, Don’t Ask”.

    Josh Clayton

  7. Announcing Constable, an open source Phoenix application

    Check out a production ready Elixir/Phoenix application.

    Blake Williams and Paul Smith

  8. Elixir for Rubyists

    A comparison of both languages for the Rubyist.

    Tute Costa

  9. Building and testing a Phoenix JSON API

    Learn how to build a blazing fast Phoenix API. Updated for Phoenix 1.2.

    Paul Smith

  10. Make Phoenix Even Faster with a GenServer-backed Key Value Store

    Skip adding another dependency and leverage GenServer and Erlang Term Storage to build an in-memory key-value store for even faster Phoenix applications.

    Josh Clayton

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