Chapter 4. Phoenix is not your application

This chapter covers

  • How Phoenix interacts with the business logic of an application
  • Creating an Elixir module
  • The role of a repo and its usage

Part 1 of this book covered the basics of Elixir and Phoenix and got you up to speed regarding basic syntax, as well as the flow of a web request from the user, through the Phoenix framework, and back to the user. In part 2, you’ll create a full-featured web application from the ground up. This application will be a simple live auction site, something like eBay. Your feature list won’t be nearly as long as eBay’s, but there will be plenty of opportunities for you to add your own features as we go along.

Your simple auction site will allow users to view items ...

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