Tips & Tricks for Building an App With LiveView - Michael St Clair | ElixirConf US

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Tips & Tricks for Building an App With LiveView - Michael St Clair | ElixirConf US 2025

Tips & Tricks for Building an App With LiveView - Michael St Clair | ElixirConf US 2025

This talk was recorded at ElixirConf US 2025. If you’re curious about our upcoming event, check https://elixirconf.com✨
Over the last few years I have learned various tips and tricks to build fun and interactive apps using LiveView.

During my talk I will explore three main areas:

Optimizations I have found to improve the user experience, for example by reducing diff sizes.
A library I built called live_sync (available on Hex), this was inspired by Jose’s talk last year and utilizes postgres replication to update LiveViews.
Utilizing hooks, webcomponents, and javascript to enhance the frontend experience
Key Takeaways:

Gain ideas for fun things to build in LiveView and possible ways to achieve them

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