derek-zhou
I plan to use Ecto only to validate input data, such as a data structure passed in through a JSON api call, before doing some processing then route the result to somewhere else. There is no SQL database involved. Does it sound reasonable, or is there a smaller library that can accomplish the same thing?
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Exadra37
I am using Ecto changesets in my project that only uses a Mnesia database.
The only downside is that I need to require a lot that is not needed to get it to work.
Not aware if any other lib exists.
hauleth
I find it reasonable choice.
tomkonidas
I have not used it myself, but maybe Vex — Vex v0.9.2 could be something interesting to look at
dimitarvp
I do that all the time and it always worked really well.
There are a few gotchas however e.g. if you put value in the changeset that is the same as the default value (usually
nilbut not always) then the changeset won’t count it as a change so you might need to useforce_change.That being said, Ecto is amazingly well documented. You will know exactly what you’re getting into, and 99% of the time it will be good and predictable.
gregvaughn
I gave a talk with this same title, so I’m in favor
Tam
Synonym for “double underscore” is “dunder” in the python community. Really great talk, thank you!
lc0815
glad I found this, great info thanks