dunstontc/elixir-blog

Blog app made with Elixir & Phoenix.

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To start your Phoenix app:

• Install dependencies with mix deps.get
• Create and migrate your database with mix ecto.create && mix ecto.migrate
• Install Node.js dependencies with npm install
• Start Phoenix endpoint with mix phoenix.server

Now you can visit localhost:4000 from your browser.

Learn more

• StephenGrider/ElixirCode
• Official website
• Docs
• Source
• elixir-ecto/ecto
• github auth settings

Notes

• Terms:
  • Phoenix:
    • %Plug.Conn
      • Represents both incoming & outgoing requests
    • Model
      • migration -> model
    • View
    • Controller
    • route -> controller -> template -> view
  • Ecto:
    • Ecto.Repo - Repositories are wrappers around a data store.
    • Ecto.Schema - Schemas are used to map any data source into an Elixir struct.
    • Ecto.Changeset -
    • Ecto.Query - Written in Elixir syntax, queries are used to retrieve information from a given repository.
    • Migrations
      • timestamps() - Adds Created at & Last updated at fields.
  • Plug
    • Module Plug
    • Function Plug
  • Web Sockets
    • A protocol for exchanging dynamic and live information between a client & a server
  • Longpoll
    • Accomplishes the same thing as web sockets using http. (legacy)
  • Pubsub
  • Contexts
    • Contexts are dedicated modules that expose and group related functionality.