AstonJ

AstonJ OP

How much Elixir and Phoenix do you think we need to know before getting started on this book?

Good to hear positive views so far!

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Post #25
lance

lance

Author of Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix

Thanks!

You will need to have some experience with Elixir. Reading through the docs on the Elixir site might be enough for some. Otherwise, there are a number of intro level Elixir books out there.

If you have experience with an MVC style web framework, you should be fine on the Phoenix front. If not, the fabulous Programming Phoenix book will more than fill in any gaps.

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Post #26
voger

voger

@lance

I haven’t read yet but with a quick scan I see you use Phoenix 1.2. That’s great since Phoenix 1.3 and it’s book aren’t out yet. Given the book is estimated to get out of beta in October, are there any plans to update to the never version of Phoenix?

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Post #27
lance

lance

Author of Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix

For this book, I don’t currently foresee significant differences between Phoenix 1.2 and 1.3. We’ll determine how much retrofitting to do as we progress toward completion.

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Post #28
ion

ion

This is definitely going on my reading list, especially with 1.3 around the corner.

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Post #29
ryanswapp

ryanswapp

I’ve gone through the first 50 pages of your book and it’s been great! Keep up the good work :slight_smile:

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Post #30
kpanic

kpanic

Lance, thank you for your book. It is amazing, I am really enjoying it! Will there be something related on how to persist data? Thank you! :wave: :thumbsup:

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Post #31
lance

lance

Author of Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix

Thanks @ryanswapp! So glad you’re enjoying the book!

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Post #32
artvinn

artvinn

Wow, I really enjoyed what I’ve gone through so far! Was pleased to see a game as an example project, being a game developer myself it boosted my interest a lot :slight_smile: Thanks for your work!

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Post #33
lance

lance

Author of Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix

Thanks for the kind words @kpanic. Glad you like the book!

I know we won’t cover storing and retrieving application state the way we might with a standard MVC web app. Since the book isn’t in its final form yet, I’m not sure whether we might touch on some form of persistence somewhere. Until it’s done, it’s not done. :grinning:

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Post #34