Programming Ecto

What’s In This Book

The book is divided into two parts. The first part will walk you through the main modules that form the core of Ecto’s functionality. The second part will build on that knowledge and apply it to real-world use cases that often come up with database programming.

Throughout both parts, you’ll be practicing what you learn by working on a sample app that’s included with the book. We’ll talk more about that in Chapter 1, ​Getting Started with Repo​.

Part I - Ecto Fundamentals

Part I is a tour of Ecto’s API. We’ll start at the ground level with the most basic features that Ecto provides, then work our way up, module-by-module, through all of the core features of the library. You’ll be writing code every step of the way to help get ...