Episodes for phoenix

#82: JSON API with Phoenix 1.4

This episode is a great introduction for anyone wanting to build a JSON API with Phoenix. We’ll build a simple read-only API for an existing Elixir application.

#78: Phoenix Contexts

Phoenix contexts are modules that group associated functionality. To see how they work, we’ll build a simple blog with comments. This is a great episode for anyone new to Phoenix or wanting to see how contexts work.

#75: Upgrading to Phoenix 1.4

In this episode we’ll look at how we can upgrade a Phoenix application to use the new Phoenix 1.4 release.

Alchemist's Edition

#74: Erlang Term Storage - ETS

In this episode we’re getting started with Erlang Term Storage or ETS. We’ll learn the basics of storing data with ETS, then we’ll expand on that to see how ETS can be used in a Phoenix application.

Alchemist's Edition

#70: Updating Page Data with Channels

In this episode we’ll see how we can easily use Phoenix Channels to broadcast events from the server in order to update the client in realtime.

#62: Simplifying Phoenix Controllers with action_fallback

In this episode we’ll be exploring one method to simplify Phoenix controllers using action_fallback. action_fallback allows you to specify a plug to handle errors in your controller.

Alchemist's Edition

#61: Twitter Authentication

In this episode we’ll be adding the ability for users to sign in to a Phoenix web application with Twitter. We’ll use Ueberauth to help us handle the OAuth flow to and from Twitter.

#54: Detect Security Issues with Sobelow

In this episode we’ll learn how to identify security issues in Phoenix applications. We’ll be using Sobelow to help us identify different potential vulnerabilities.

#52: Exploring Phoenix Assigns

Assigns allow you to set and access shared data in different contexts within Phoenix. In this episode we’ll explore how to use assigns in the connection, template, and socket.