NEWSLETTER

Issue 254

September 02, 2020

Articles

Creating LiveView Modals with Tailwind CSS and AlpineJS

blog.pthompson.org

Patrick Thompson explains how to use LiveView, AlpineJS, and Tailwind CSS to create a production-ready modal component.

Elixir Patterns for Testing with Mox

pre.hn

Robert Prehn shares some patterns of using the Mox library in your tests.

Our Elixir Bandit Service

medium.com/making-change-org

Dimitri Tishchenko explains the architecture that powers tens of thousands of parallel multi-armed bandit optimization experiments inside Change.org.

If you're like me and didn't know what that fancy "multi-armed bandit experiments" thing is, it's a cool alternative to A/B testing.

Find errors and performance issues before they find you  

AppSignal - SPONSOR

AppSignal provides out-of-the-box support for Ecto, Erlang, Phoenix, and Plug. We do everything we can to automate the whole setup journey for you, so you'll get alerts for exceptions and performance incidents within minutes. 🧙‍♂️

Using MJML in Elixir & Phoenix

medium.com/swlh

Paul Götze explains how to create responsive HTML emails for your Phoenix app with ease.

Why and how a GenServer stops?

alexcastano.com

Alex Castaño explains the different possibilities to stop a GenServer and how to handle the termination process.

Why Divvy chooses Elixir for the future of fintech

getdivvy.com

Greg Larson shares why Divvy trusts Elixir for building the financial foundation for its customers.

Videos

Using phx_gen_auth for Phoenix Authentication

ElixirCasts

An exploration of the new Phx.Gen.Auth package and how easily it can be used to add authentication to Phoenix apps.

Job Listings

Full Stack Software Engineer

Nightwatch - Remote, United States

This is a fully remote position, full-time or part-time. We’re looking for an experienced developer who enjoys working with server side technologies and possesses a good mixture of DevOps and application development chops, has been around the block a couple of times, and would like to build forward-thinking and innovative solutions with experienced teammates in a progressive-oriented environment.

Events

ElixirConf

September 3-4, 2020 - Online

ElixirConf EU

October 7-8, 2020 - Online

Elixir Brazil

November 28-29, 2020 - São Paulo, Brazil

Code BEAM V

September 10-11, 2020 - Online

Spawnfest

September 12-13, 2020 - Online

Notes from the editor

Hi! 👋

Now that we're starting a new month, I had an idea. I published what I called the "Elixir Radar transparency report".

This report is a way to practice something that I value: transparency.

Now, I have to say. Writing that report was no easy thing. Because with transparency comes also vulnerability. But after reading the "Daring Greatly" book from Brené Brown last year, I've been trying to embrace vulnerability more and more.

If you're curious about the numbers behind Elixir Radar and how I'm thinking about it, I invite you to read the blog post.

Thanks for your support,

-- Hugo