"Phoenix Web Development Techniques"
"Phoenix Web Development Techniques" is an authoritative guide for developers seeking to harness the full power of the Phoenix framework and the BEAM virtual machine to build modern, scalable, and maintainable web applications. The book begins by exploring Phoenix's unique architecture and its deep roots in Erlang's reliability and concurrency model, providing readers with a thorough understanding of how requests flow through Plugs, Endpoints, and Controllers, and how OTP principles ensure robustness and fault tolerance. Along the way, you'll learn to structure projects for clarity and scalability, design custom middleware, and leverage telemetry for unparalleled insight into application health.
Delving into advanced topics, the book covers the entire spectrum of web development challenges, from handling complex routing and request validation to mastering Ecto for data management in multifaceted domains, including strategies for multi-tenancy, migrations, and integration with diverse databases. Real-time web features are tackled with precision, as you discover Phoenix Channels, presence tracking, secure communication patterns, and event-driven architectures. Further chapters address the intricacies of API design, including versioning, authentication, monitoring, streaming data, and integrating with OpenAPI standards, as well as the use of LiveView for creating dynamic, interactive user experiences optimized for performance, testability, and SEO.
Complementing the in-depth technical coverage are chapters dedicated to front-end ecosystem integration with modern tools like Esbuild and TailwindCSS, as well as interoperability with leading JavaScript frameworks. Finally, the book addresses the critical aspects of software quality, observability, security, deployment, and operational excellence, illustrating strategies for continuous integration, error monitoring, chaos engineering, secure authentication, containerization, and scalable cloud deployments. Whether you're building robust APIs, real-time systems, or interactive interfaces, "Phoenix Web Development Techniques" provides the patterns, tools, and practices to excel in professional web application development with Phoenix.