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Can’t wait! Congrats @JEG2
And I completely agree with the change of name - I think it reflects the difference between working with Elixir and other languages too; in Elixir you much more feel like you are designing a system or are a system architect. I feel more like a software engineer when thinking about working with Elixir and Phoenix, whereas with Rails I always felt like a Rails user (not even a Rails developer).
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Fl4m3Ph03n1x
I have finally finished the book. With 30 to 60 minutes per day, 2-3 times a week, it took me =~ 6 months to finish it, with all the code samples, the DB, dialyzer and really making an effort to understand as much as I can.
It took me so long to finish this, that the slogan for the book “Do Fun Things with Big Loud Wildebeests” actually changed to Worker bees while I was reading it!
Overall I liked the layered architecture in the book. I know Bruce is a fan of layers and even though I am not sure I agree with some of the decisions taken the book explains itself in a way that helps me understand why certain decisions were made - for the authors, development is a series of trade-offs, a fact they make very clear.
The part I enjoyed the most though (I believe this is mainly from James) was the decoupling of the DB. They create a new project inside the main project of the book. At first it looks like non-sene: why not use another GitHub Repo or an Umbrella app? But after that, they actually explain all the differences and all the benefits of each approach an I can only say I became better by reading and understanding them all. Genius solution!
It also solves a problem I’ve had for years in Elixir now - to find a standardized way of solving persistence in Elixir (something I have really missed in other books).
The also pays some attention to tests, although they don’t follow TDD. I’d say it is still worth a look, specially for the integration tests on chapter 9 with timers.
Overall I would recommend this for anyone doing backend. If you feel you are comfortable with Elixir and GenServers, and your main struggles are architecture and decoupling, I would definitely recommend this !
frigidcode
Elixir in Action covers OTP and I prefer it over The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook, worth adding to your list.
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Beta 1 is available now. Already bought it!
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demem123
thanks! I was re-reading the book and it didn’t mention it specifically and nobody has asked why its not working before so I thought it was just me. hehe