Programming Phoenix LiveView • Sophie DeBenedetto, Bruce Tate & Steven Nunez • GOTO 2023

Learn how to build interactive web applications with Phoenix LiveView, a real-time framework that provides concurrency, efficient data transfer, and a seamless user experience.

Key takeaways
  • Phoenix LiveView is a web framework that provides a real-time user experience, allowing developers to build interactive web applications with a lot of interactivity and no need for JavaScript.
  • The framework is built on top of OTP, which provides a lot of concurrency and allows for efficient data transfer.
  • Live View works on rendered text, including HTML and SVG, and can handle large data sets efficiently through streams.
  • One of the biggest concerns when building Live View applications is how to manage data transfer between the client and server, which Live View handles in an efficient way.
  • The book “Programming Phoenix LiveView” covers the base technology and shows how to build live view applications, including how to use streams to manage large data sets, how to add convenience for users, and how to use actor-based model to manage state.
  • The framework has made big improvements in SEO, with the ability to index and search live view templates.
  • Live View has also made it easier for developers to build web applications, with features like auto-generated code, streams, and analysis of database queries.
  • The book includes chapters on topics like abstracting away socket interactions, modeling the world with functional frameworks, and using actor-based model to manage state.
  • Live View is a process that passes messages, making it easy to debug and test.
  • The framework has native support for mobile and desktop applications, and can be used to build web applications with a lot of interactivity.
  • The book covers the design of Live View applications, including how to separate the core from the boundary of your application, how to design for simplicity and scalability, and how to use abstraction to hide complexity.
  • The book is a comprehensive guide to building Live View applications, including how to use streams, how to add convenience for users, and how to use actor-based model to manage state.
  • Live View applications are backed by a process on the backend, which provides a lot of concurrency and allows for efficient data transfer.
  • The book includes case studies of real-world applications, including a game and a dashboard, to show how Live View can be used to build interactive web applications.
  • Live View is a great choice for teams, companies, and organizations, and can be used to build real-time web applications with ease.
  • The book is available now, and is a great resource for developers who want to learn more about Live View and how to build interactive web applications.