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& Phoenix

#111: Session Testing with Elixir

Often when testing Phoenix controllers you’ll need to initialize the session with data. In this episode we’ll learn how to do just that using the Plug.Test module.

#110: Job Processing with Oban

Oban is a job processing library that uses Postgres. In this episode we’ll add Oban to an existing Elixir project and use it to move some work to the background.

Alchemist's Edition

#109: DynamicSupervisor and Registry

In this episode we’ll pick up where we left off in #108 and refactor our application to create a process for each user shopping cart. To do this we’ll use DynamicSupervisor and Elixir’s Registry.

Alchemist's Edition

#108: Shopping Cart Part 2

In part 2 of this series we’ll add to our existing shopping cart by allowing users to remove items from their existing carts.

Alchemist's Edition

#107: Shopping Cart Part 1

There are many ready-made ecommerce solutions, but sometimes you need to write your own. In this episode we’ll start building custom shopping cart functionality into an existing application with OTP.

#106: Intro to Structs

In this episode we’ll get an introduction to Elixir structs. Great for anyone just getting started with Elixir.

#105: How to Create Nested Phoenix Templates

By default, Phoenix doesn’t precompile templates in nested directories. In this episode we’ll see how we can update Phoenix to let us use templates in nested directories.

Alchemist's Edition

#104: Generating RSS Feeds with Elixir

In this episode we’ll take an existing Elixir Phoenix application and build an Atom feed for it. To build the feed we’ll use the Atomex package.

#103: Writing Tests with ExVCR

In this episode we’ll explore one way of mocking external HTTP requests when testing using ExVCR. ExVCR records the actual HTTP request and response and replays it whenever that test runs.