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You’ve been curious about LiveView, but you haven’t gotten into it

You’ve been curious about LiveView, but you haven’t gotten into it

As a backend developer, I’ve spent most of my programming career away from frontend development. Whether it’s React/Elm for the web or Swift/Kotlin for mobile,...

Here’s Why You Should Build Scalable and Concurrent Applications with Elixir

Here’s Why You Should Build Scalable and Concurrent Applications with Elixir

In today's world, when dealing with high levels of system requests, you need applications that can handle them without slowing down. Here’s where Elixir comes in. Elixir is a programming language that is designed to create highly scalable and concurrent applications. Built on Erlang's virtual machine (BEAM), it has been used for decades to build highly reliable and scalable systems.

Creating a simple weather application with Phoenix LiveView

Creating a simple weather application with Phoenix LiveView

we will discuss our experience building an online weather application in Elixir using Phoenix LiveView. We created a real-time weather application that allows users to see the past, current, and forecast temperature and precipitation data for any UK postcode.

Can’t Live `with` It, Can’t Live `with`out It

Can’t Live `with` It, Can’t Live `with`out It

'with' is a powerful tool in Elixir, but it's not without its quirks. This blog will help you understand how to use it best and how to manage unexpected behaviours.

Elixir, 7 steps to start your journey

Elixir, 7 steps to start your journey

Ready to embark on a learning journey? Find out why it would be good to know more about Elixir and the other BEAM languages.

Building a Remote Control Car from Scratch Using Elixir

Building a Remote Control Car from Scratch Using Elixir

From the car straight to the app on your phone, check out how our America office uses Elixir’s fullstack capability to build a remote control car.

Change data capture with Postgres & Elixir

Change data capture with Postgres & Elixir

CDC is the process of identifying and capturing data changes from the database. Learn how you can achieve that by leveraging Postgres and Elixir.

Learning functional and concurrent programming concepts with Elixir

Learning functional and concurrent programming concepts with Elixir

Our latest developer Rhys Davey explains his first-hand introduction to Elixir, and his learnings along the way.

What we expect from Phoenix Framework 1.7

What we expect from Phoenix Framework 1.7

In this blog we look at what we expect and what we hope to see in the upcoming release of Phoenix 1.7.