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Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir

By : Aditya Iyengar
Book Image

Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir

By: Aditya Iyengar

Overview of this book

Elixir's functional nature and metaprogramming capabilities make it an ideal language for building web frameworks, with Phoenix being the most ubiquitous framework in the Elixir ecosystem and a popular choice for companies seeking scalable web-based products. With an ever-increasing demand for Elixir engineers, developers can accelerate their careers by learning Elixir and the Phoenix web framework. With Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir, you’ll start by exploring the fundamental concepts of web development using Elixir. You'll learn how to build a robust web server and create a router to direct incoming requests to the correct controller. Then, you'll learn to dispatch requests to controllers to respond with clean, semantic HTML, and explore the power of Domain-Specific Languages (DSL) and metaprogramming in Elixir. You'll develop a deep understanding of Elixir's unique syntax and semantics, allowing you to optimize your code for performance and maintainability. Finally, you'll discover how to effectively test each component of your application for accuracy and performance. By the end of this book, you'll have a thorough understanding of how Elixir components are implemented within Phoenix, and how to leverage its powerful features to build robust web applications.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1: Web Server Fundamentals
4
Part 2: Router, Controller, and View
10
Part 3: DSL Design

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

Symbols

:dispatch plug 64

:gen_tcp

used, for listening over TCP socket 28-32

used, for responding over TCP socket 32-36

:match plug 64

__MODULE__ 78

A

Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) 112, 155

action fallback

implementing 103-107

after compile module 166

aplay command

implementation, writing 170-172

apply/3 78

B

before compile module 165, 166

bindings

routes, adding 14-18

C

call/2 function 60

client-server architecture

exploring 5

code injection

evaluation, using 162

macros, using 163, 164

compile-time callbacks 165

after compile module 166

before compile module 165, 166

on-definition module 167, 168

concurrency

adding, to server 50-52

controller DSL

building 191, 192

reflections, adding 192-195

reflective...