Hi, I read chapter 1 thru 5 during the easter holiday, then it took some time to get around to actually write some code. I also read ahead a bit - I would have preferred some testing to be covered earlier than chapter 10. I’m keeping the tests green as I go.
I like the emphasis in chapter 1 on giving an understanding on how the lifecycle works (including the network views, although finding the exact view based on the description involved some fiddling around). As well as the emphasis on design / separation of concerns.
That, combined with having done the phoenix guides, was (I thought) enough to get me started on an experiment to see if I could rebuild an existing application. In hindsight chapter 7 (form components, which also deals with relations) and chapter 10 (testing) would have been useful. It’s not always easy to be patient :-).
I’m also reading through ‘Elixir in Action’ - saves some guessing what the difference between def and defp is ;-).
I like the focus on interactivity in part 3 (dashboards, presence). Not sure about part 4 - from skimming it, it seems to go front-end only with hardcoded data (I’ve burnt myself with hardcoding too much recently).
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