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Recently I got an opportunity to write a simple Telegram bot. The purpose of this bot is very simple: it has to send random quotes of Victor Pelevin for any user interaction. I decided to write this bot in Elixir. So in this post I will try describe the bot’s implementation.

http://www.badykov.com/elixir/2017/11/26/simple-telegram-bot/

While working on http://app.twch.at/, I needed a way to store arbitrary files (e-mail bodies, images, etc) with Arc. However, I didn’t see a point in using S3 immediately, especially because I wanted tests to run against an actual instance in integration without incurring (negligible) fees.

I wrote about this here: https://jacky.wtf/weblog/arc-minio/

Part 1: Elixir web development 101: introduction & toolchain setup

Part 2: Elixir web development 101: collaborative todolist with realtime updates

This two-part serie started as a brain dump of my first steps in Elixir & Phoenix web development and ended as a small tutorial on how to build a collaborative todo app with realtime updates using websockets. Hope it helps to get you started!

The code is available on Github.

If neither belongs_to nor has_one/has_many seem to fit your use case maybe take a look at ectos abstract tables. https://medium.com/@lostkobrakai/phoenix-contexts-and-ecto-abstract-tables-e6b4de93edf

This post is about the 5 reasons that made me switch and why you should consider using Phoenix instead of Rails in your next project • http://elviovicosa.com/blog/2017/11/23/5-reasons-to-use-phoenix-instead-of-rails.html

Our project has just been accepted by RealWorld.io and is now on their backend ranking.

-> https://github.com/gothinkster/elixir-phoenix-realworld-example-app

Me and many other contributors of the (amazing) elixir community have created this Elixir + Phoenix project which implements the RealWorld.io specs.

If you’re in the competitive spirit, the ranking is ordered by GitHub stars, so star the above repo so we can get to the podium!

Currently: #1 Node/Express with 605, #2 Laravel with 359 and #3 Django with 224

A big thank you to all who have contributed so far! And of course, contributions are still very much welcome!

I have written a blog post showing how to memoize functions in Elixir and providing the scaffold for the Memoize module that could be used as

use Memoized, name: FortyTwo, fun: fn -> Process.sleep(1_000); 42 end

I’ve written a blog post on how I test a specific doctest. Useful when you want to zero-in on a failing test.

I expand and refactor my approach in part 2 of my article on Composable Queries with Ecto. Bringing a modular approach to how we craft queries make complex requests simple. https://blog.echobind.com/composable-queries-with-ecto-part-2-e590af56d741

More metaprogramming mayhem from me with the first release of plymio_ast_vorm, a toolkit for managing a collection of Quoted Forms (Asts).

I wrote a blog post about doing side projects in Elixir over at the Dive Into Elixir blog. It discusses the proper mindset for approaching side projects, finding ideas, and planning.

Please check it out and lemme know what you think!

Added half a dozen new functions to plymio_option

So I wrote a love letter to OTP applications and umbrella projects over our company’s blog.

json_stream_encoder has reached version 0.1.2.

This version fixes an indentation bug that most people won’t notice but drove me crazy.

TIL that you can set ECTO_EDITOR environment variable to automatically open the migration file upon creation.

An example of how Access behavior, Inspect and Enumerable protocols can be used to work with ETS as a typical Keyword list.

ex_term_storage

Tomorrow, I am conducting a workshop @ Opencamps conference NYC to deep dive into Phoenix internals and create a mini Phoenix framework from scratch.

The workshop is free for all to attend.

Looking forward to meet all Elixir and Phoenix enthusiasts attending Opencamps conference.

PS: I am offering 40% discount on my book series until Nov 21. Use coupon opencamps2017 when you buy at https://shankardevy.com/phoenix-book

Tomorrow, I will be presenting a talk on “The Story of Conn in the World on Phoenix” at Opencamps NYC .

In this talk, I will walk through the entire lifecycle of request/response in Phoenix right from CowboyHandler where conn gets initialized to the point where Phoenix sends out a response back to the browser.

The conference session is free for all to attend.

Looking forward to meet all Elixir and Phoenix enthusiasts attending Opencamps conference.

PS: I am offering 40% discount on my book series until Nov 21. Use coupon opencamps2017 when you buy at https://shankardevy.com/phoenix-book

https://medium.com/heresy-dev/badges-elixir-using-behaviours-59c4c1c93300