Phoenix for Rubyists

Because Elixir and Phoenix borrow so many good ideas from the Rails ecosystem, it’s astoundingly easy for Ruby developers to become proficient in this powerful new set of tools. First, I’ll introduce Phoenix from a Rails POV, and then show two ways it can be used in conjunction with Rails.

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1. Deccan RubyConf 2016 Mike North Levanto Financial @MichaelLNorth FOR ISTS
3. Yes No ????
4. I <3 RUBY
5. HERE’S SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT RUBY & RAILS
6. OPINIONS & PRODUCTIVITY
7. 1. THE STORY
8. 1. THE STORY 2. PHOENIX IS LIKE RAILS
9. 1. THE STORY 2. PHOENIX IS LIKE RAILS 3. PHOENIX IS NOT LIKE RAILS
10. 1. THE STORY 2. PHOENIX IS LIKE RAILS 3. PHOENIX IS NOT LIKE RAILS 4. HOWTO
11. THE STORY @chris_mccord dockyard.com Inventor of Phoenix Chris Mccord
13. THE STORY @chris_mccord dockyard.com Inventor of Phoenix Chris Mccord
15. THE STORY @josevalim plataformatec.com Rails Core Alum Inventor of Elixir Jose Valim
16. MOORE’S LAW Computing power doubles ~ every two years
18. MOORE’S LAW Computing power doubles ~ every two years
20. Erlang Ruby
23. ☁ ‘
26. [info] Sent 200 in 31µs
29. THE STORY @chris_mccord dockyard.com Inventor of Phoenix Chris Mccord
31. 1. THE STORY 2. PHOENIX IS LIKE RAILS
32. Rake Bundler MIX
37. Model Table Schema
39. ROUTER
40. CONTROLLERS
41. MIGRATIONS
42. TESTS
43. TEMPLATES
45. ERRORS
46. 1. THE STORY 2. PHOENIX IS LIKE RAILS 3. PHOENIX IS NOT LIKE RAILS
49. PIPE FORWARD |> •Shorthand for “send return along as first value of next function”
50. IMMUTABILITY Think of variables as “labels for values”
52. IMMUTABILITY Think of variables as “labels for values”
53. MODELS
54. ActiveRecord Making your life easy one N+1 query at a time
55. MODELS
57. 1. THE STORY 2. PHOENIX IS LIKE RAILS 3. PHOENIX IS NOT LIKE RAILS 4. HOWTO
58. HOWTO •One-shot rewrites are expensive and dangerous •You suffer, your company suffers, your users suffer •Incremental change makes everyone happier
61. REVERSE PROXY Rails Phoenix
62. REVERSE PROXY Rails Phoenix
63. ELIXIR & PHOENIX •Performant •Productive •Functional •You’re already halfway there
64. SOME IMAGES & DIAGRAMS AND OTHER STUFF FROM… • https://www.toptal.com/erlang/a-cloud-at-the-lowest-level- built-in-erlang • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law • https://theerlangelist.blogspot.in/2013/05/working-with- immutable-data.html • https://www.amberbit.com/blog/2014/2/14/putting-ruby-on-rails- on-a-diet/ • https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601441/moores-law-is-dead- now-what/ THANKS!