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  1. Playing with Sockets and Processes in Elixir

    We make a small line-oriented TCP socket server to explore how sockets and some manual process management works in Elixir.

    Jon Yurek
    October 24, 2017
    • Elixir
    • Sockets
    • Processes
  2. Testing Random Data in Emails with Bamboo

    Testing with Bamboo is easy, and it’s still easy when the email’s content includes random data.

    David Bernheisel
    October 16, 2017
    • Bamboo
    • Test
    • Email
    • Phoenix
    • Elixir
  3. 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
    August 1, 2017
    • Context
    • Phoenix
    • Elixir
  4. 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
    June 30, 2017
    • Formulator
    • Elixir
    • Phoenix
    • Forms
  5. ExMachina 2.0 - Cast Away

    ExMachina 2.0 brings new features and functions for easier testing.

    Josh Steiner
    March 13, 2017
    • Elixir
    • Testing
    • Web
  6. Running Project Mix Commands from Any Directory

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

    Jake Craige
    February 3, 2017
    • Elixir
    • Web
  7. Preloading Nested Associations with Ecto

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

    Greg Lazarev
    January 11, 2017
    • Elixir
    • Ecto
    • Web
  8. "Tell, Don't Ask" in Elixir: A Story of Pattern-Matching

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

    Josh Clayton
    December 21, 2016
    • Web
    • Phoenix
    • Functional Programming
    • Elixir
  9. Announcing Constable, an open source Phoenix application

    Check out a production ready Elixir/Phoenix application.

    Blake Williams and Paul Smith
    October 4, 2016
    • Elixir
    • Phoenix
    • Web
  10. Elixir for Rubyists

    A comparison of both languages for the Rubyist.

    Tute Costa
    August 30, 2016
    • Elixir
    • Ruby
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