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0 pointsAlchemistCamp6y ago0 comments

That's exactly what I do at https://alchemist.camp. Most the videos and all the intro-level ones are free.

I've also put up about a hundred screencasts at http://youtube.com/alchemistcamp.

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Looks like a cool site. I'll check it out. My Elixir is Good. My Phoenix is not.

I’m building a side project in Phoenix right now. For me the learning curve is wondering whether Phoenix has a built-in or “everybody does it this way” solution to the problem I’m facing or whether it’s something I should implement myself.

In Rails the answer is always “use this popular gem” and in Go the answer is always “roll your own”. Phoenix is somewhere in the middle.

prodiguy896y ago

The good thing about Phoenix is you are not forced to go in any particular convention for everything, you can craft them yourselves from scratch. The bright side of this is you will only every little thing in the implementation and you'll know how to optimize it.

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AlchemistCampOP6y ago

I'd say you're in good shape, then. Phoenix is really well-designed and doesn't have a lot of "magic" in it.

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