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- Full Stack Radio
- Publisher |
- Adam Wathan
- Media Type |
- audio
- Categories Via RSS |
- Technology
- Publication Date |
- Jun 05, 2019
- Episode Duration |
- 01:00:41
Topics include:
- How pattern matching works in Elixir and why it's more powerful than method overloading in other languages
- How Elixir's pipe operator makes the transition from OO to functional programming more natural
- Why you don't need to be intimidated by unfamiliar features like GenServers to use Elixir for web app development
- Noticeable differences between working with Rails and Phoenix and what it was like to transition
- How the Phoenix ORM makes n+1 queries impossible
- Why background tasks are a lot easier in Elixir than in an ecosystem like PHP
- What other tools and technology power the Changelog platform
- How the Changelog Phoenix app is deployed
Sponsors:
- DigitalOcean, get your free $50 credit at do.co/fullstack
- Cloudinary, sign up and get 300,000 images/videos, 10GB of storage and 20GB of monthly bandwidth for free
Links:
- Building rapid UI with utility-first CSS, Adam's episode of JS Party
- lang.org/">Elixir
- Phoenix
- Chris McCord on The Changelog
- The Changelog source code
- Confident Ruby
- "Why we chose Turbolinks"
- Programming Phoenix book
- Elixir Forum
- Our Slack
In this episode, Adam talks to Jerod Santo of The Changelog about building their custom podcasting platform using Elixir and Phoenix.
Topics include:
- How pattern matching works in Elixir and why it's more powerful than method overloading in other languages
- How Elixir's pipe operator makes the transition from OO to functional programming more natural
- Why you don't need to be intimidated by unfamiliar features like GenServers to use Elixir for web app development
- Noticeable differences between working with Rails and Phoenix and what it was like to transition
- How the Phoenix ORM makes n+1 queries impossible
- Why background tasks are a lot easier in Elixir than in an ecosystem like PHP
- What other tools and technology power the Changelog platform
- How the Changelog Phoenix app is deployed
Sponsors:
- DigitalOcean, get your free $50 credit at do.co/fullstack
- Cloudinary, sign up and get 300,000 images/videos, 10GB of storage and 20GB of monthly bandwidth for free
Links:
- Building rapid UI with utility-first CSS, Adam's episode of JS Party
- lang.org/">Elixir
- Phoenix
- Chris McCord on The Changelog
- The Changelog source code
- Confident Ruby
- "Why we chose Turbolinks"
- Programming Phoenix book
- Elixir Forum
- Our Slack
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