Best Practices to code design on a graphql API using Contexts?

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Should we be creating many contexts to avoid populating large amounts of functions in them?

I have been trying to understand context and still a bit confused. I created a scaffold using the generator and tried using the same example that was given by chris. accounts accounts.ex user.ex I see that it dumps all the functions into accounts.ex. If I was to add another module into the accounts context am I suppose to add those functions there as well? Would the accounts.ex module become a massive dumping ground of functions if I kept adding modules to the accounts context? I have been …

How to do many to many relationships with Phoenix Contexts?

I have a newbie question, but I think it’s tangentially relevant to the discussion as it’s not obvious how to do it, even from the Phoenix documentation. A many-to-many relationship. A user has many chat rooms. A chat room has many users. In SQL, this requires another table user_room. I would normally create this as a model, and then on my user model, add: many_to_many :users, User, join_through: "user_rooms" The question is: In the world of contexts, where do I put user_room, and why? If …

How would you explain Phoenix Contexts to a newbie?

If a newbie asked you about Phoenix Contexts, how would you explain the basics to them? Feel free to be as concise or in-depth as you like… In short: Phoenix Contexts are just dedicated modules that expose and group functionality. Official Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/contexts.html Also see: Phoenix Contexts - learning resources wiki. Chris’s announcement on 1.3rc Chris’s announcement on 1.3 RC3 release

Phoenix Contexts - learning resources

Wonder if we can compile a list of learning resources, blog posts, talks, threads etc to help those who are just learning about Contexts. This is a wiki - so please add anything you feel is missing… What are Phoenix Contexts? In short: Phoenix Contexts are just dedicated modules that expose and group functionality. In depth: Official docs Phoenix Contexts explained by forum members Chris’s announcement on 1.3rc Chris’s announcement on 1.3 RC3 release Books Programming Phoenix - due to b…