Last week, I did a live-stream on @ManningBooks twitch channel. During the stream, I built a real-time chat application from scratch with @elixirlang and @phoenixinaction. Did you miss it? Watch the replay! https://youtu.be/_rTFZbvMfJA #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang

Get setup with Elixir 1.12, OTP 24 and then try out your first Elixir script using Mix.install/2!

https://thinkingelixir.com/elixir-1-12-and-your-first-mix-install-script/

In our latest article, we cover metaprogramming and macros in Elixir.

Learn how you can use Elixir to write code that writes code: https://serokell.io/blog/elixir-metaprogramming

JIT compilation is amazing for your development productivity, but it requires some non-obvious changes to get it working with Phoenix. https://sevenseacat.net/posts/2021/tailwind-jit-in-phoenix/

In this part, we will work on the search functionality in our top header navigation menu.

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The latest episode of Elixir Wizards is out today! Check it out here: https://smartlogic.io/podcast/elixir-wizards/s6e3-selbert/

The datasets can be too large to handle entirely in-memory, but we should do the processing. With Ecto.Repo.stream/1 we can process it in batches.

Check more on: https://bartoszgorka.com/ecto-repo-stream-in-large-data-processing

The schedule is up and tickets are available for the first ever Elixir Wizards |> Conference; we’ve put together what we think are a solid list of speakers, panelists, and social time. Hope you can join us.

Tickets and details at: https://smr.tl/conf

Peek behind the scenes to see how we use Oban to demo, license, and actively verify Oban Web+Pro.

https://sorentwo.com/2021/05/18/using-oban-to-license-oban.html

In episode 48 of Thinking Elixir, we talk with Sheharyar Naseer about Ecto’s feature “association defaults” and how they work. They support defining a function that gets called during your changeset operations and can be used to ensure that multi-tenancy IDs get populated down correctly. We learn more about Slab, talk about Single Table Inheritance designs and how we feel about them. We also talk about wrapping our Repo module for fun and profit!

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In this part, we will work on the homepage.

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How to receive commands from the website stored in clouds to your Raspberry Pi device? Here’s an example of architecture that does exactly that. https://fadein.xyz/posts/2021-04-29-morsecipher-architecture/

How to use batching to avoid N+1 database queries in your GraphQL responses. https://sevenseacat.net/posts/2021/querying-batches-with-absinthe/

Phoenix LiveViews to interact with notifications in your OTP application https://github.com/fremantle-industries/notified_phoenix

The latest episode of Elixir Wizards is out today! Check it out here: https://smartlogic.io/podcast/elixir-wizards/s6e2-person/

In this part, we will add the show post page with comment functionality and the ability to like posts and comments.

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If you are looking for a well maintained library for something that doesn’t yet exist on Elixir, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. You can simply pick one from Ruby or Python and use ExPort to call Ruby/Python code directly from Elixir.

Read here: https://sapandiwakar.in/interfacing-elixir-with-other-languages/

Seemingly very similar to each other, offering a matching set of possibilities, but they behave entirely differently.

Check on: https://bartoszgorka.com/elixir-enum-vs-stream

Stitch together modular Phoenix endpoints with a shared global navigation. https://github.com/fremantle-industries/navigator

In episode 47 of Thinking Elixir, we talk with Kamil Skowron about his Youtube channel that walks people through building a crypto-currency trading bot in Elixir. We learn how that led him to start a free online book sharing that content. He covers what people will learn from the process, his goal of helping people see a larger working Elixir system, and his experience writing the book. A fun chat!

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