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Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir

By : Aditya Iyengar
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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

To get the most out of this book

This book is very code-heavy, and in order to maximize what you learn from this book, it is recommended to code along with every code snippet. Make sure you’re using the correct Elixir and Erlang versions (as recommended at the beginning of the chapters). If you are new to Elixir or haven’t used it in a while, doing some practice exercises to shake off the dust before you dig into this book is also recommended.

Hardware/software covered in this book:

This book relies on Elixir 1.11.x and Erlang 23.2.x. Ensure you have asdf or some other package manager installed on your system. This will allow you to easily switch back and forth between Elixir and Erlang versions. This book was tested on macOS and Linux, so you may experience some inconsistencies when using Windows.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.