“Book Descriptions: Phoenix in Action is an example-based tutorial that teaches you how to use the Phoenix framework to build production-quality web apps. Following a running example of an online auction site, you'll design and build everything from the core components that drive the app to the real-time user interactions where Phoenix really shines. You'll handle business logic, database interactions, and app designs that take advantage of functional programming as you discover a better way to develop web applications. And if you're brand new to Elixir, don't worry! You'll find a Phoenix-oriented tour of the language, along with careful explanations, tips, and coding idioms scattered throughout the example code. what's inside A complete online auction example developed throughout Database interactions with Ecto Using Channels for real-time communication Functional ideas in a web environment An introduction to the Elixir programming language about the reader Written for web developers familiar with a framework like Rails or ASP.NET. No experience of Elixir or Phoenix required.” DRIVE