Programming Ecto (Pragprog)

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The b1.0 release contains:

Part - I: Ecto Fundamentals

1. Getting Started With Repo
2. Querying Your Database
3. Connecting Your Tables To Wlixir Structs with Schemas
4. Making Changes With Changesets
5. Making Multiple Changes With Transactions and Multi
6. Making Changes To Your Database

Part - II: Ecto Applied
7. Adding Ecto To An Elixir Application Without Phoenix
8. Working With Changesets And Phoenix Forms
9. Testing With Sandboxes
10. Creating And Using Custom Types
11. Inserting and Updating with Upserts
13. Working with Embedded Schemas

Coming soon…:
12. Optimizing Your Application Design
14. Creating Polymorphic Associations
15. Optimizing iEX For Ecto
16. Using Schemas Without Tables
17. Changing Your Database Pooling Strategy
18. Adding Streaming And High Throughput
19. Working with Database Functions

How To Read This Book
You should start by reading Part I in order, from start to finish. Part I covers the most important features of Ecto and each chapter builds on the one before. Even if you’ve done some work with Ecto before, it’s best not to skip around too much, as you might miss out on some key features you weren’t aware of.

Part II, however, is much less strict. You can read the chapters in any order, and you should feel free to focus your attention on the topics that are most interesting to you, and leave the rest for another time.

Given that covering Ecto in any real breadth and depth is really outside the scope of Programming Phoenix ≥ 1.4 it might be beneficial to cover Programming Ecto chapters 1-6 before hitting Programming Phoenix ≥ 1.4 chapter 4 Ecto and Changesets (though of course it is not strictly necessary).