Don't accept the compromise between fast and beautiful: you can have it
all. Phoenix creator Chris McCord, Elixir creator Jose Valim, and
award-winning author Bruce Tate walk you through building an application
that's fast and reliable. At every step, you'll learn from the Phoenix
creators not just what to do, but why. Packed with insider insights and
completely updated for Phoenix 1.3, this definitive guide will be your
constant companion in your journey from Phoenix novice to expert, as you
build the next generation of web applications.
Phoenix is the long-awaited web framework based on Elixir, the highly
concurrent language that combines a beautiful syntax with rich
metaprogramming. The best way to learn Phoenix is to code, and you'll
get to attack some interesting problems. Start working with controllers,
views, and templates within the first few pages. Build an in-memory
context, and then back it with an Ecto database layer, complete with
changesets and constraints that keep readers informed and your database
integrity intact. Craft your own interactive application based on the
channels API for the real-time applications that this ecosystem made
famous. Write your own authentication plugs, and use the OTP layer for
supervised services. Organize code with modular umbrella projects.
This edition is fully updated for Phoenix 1.3, Elixir 1.3, and Ecto 2.1,
with a new chapter on using Channel Presence to find out who's
connected, even on a distributed application. Use the new generators and
the new ExUnit features to organize tests and make Ecto tests
concurrent.
This is a book by developers and for developers, and we know how to help
you ramp up quickly. Any book can tell you what to do. When you've
finished this one, you'll also know why to do it.
What You Need:
To work through this book, you will need a computer capable of running
Erlang 18 or higher, Elixir 1.3 or higher, Phoenix 1.3 or higher, and
Ecto 2.1 or higher. A rudimentary knowledge of Elixir is also highly
recommended.
