Phoenix LiveView is now... live!

[pillaiindu]

I asked a question about Optimistic UI 22 days ago, and had a great discussion about the possibilities of achieving it through the use of vanilla JavaScript with Phoenix and/or LiveView, but now when LiveView is released, would you guys please revisit my question and give me some insights about what do you guys think about the possibilities of achieving Optimistic UI with vanilla JavaScript and/or LiveView.

@chrismccord @josevalim @ericmj @Gazler @jeregrine @lance @scrogson @fishcakez @lexmag @whatyouhide @peerreynders @OvermindDL1 @dgmcguire

thank you!

How do you achieve Optimistic UI in Phoenix with LiveView?

Elixir is fast, but not everyone on the planet is having a fast internet connection. Optimistic UI (previously called Latency Compensation) is a concept first introduced by Meteor framework. Let me explain what Optimistic UI / Latency Compensation is: For example you’re sending a message through a chatbox. In traditional way: You typed the message pressed enter or clicked send button the browser sent an ajax request the data was stored in the database at server the server sent an OK respons…