I have read that Thoughtbot are moving away from RoR and starting to use Elixir. Does this mean the Ruby on Rails topics within upcase will become less common ?
Hmm that is interesting. Iām actually starting to dig in to elixir and Phoenix.
Would that also mean there will be Elixir content in the future?
We are not actively moving away from Rails to Elixir, we are still using and supporting Rails.
We are choosing Elixir for some new projects and we think that itās a great platform for many applications, like Rails is.
That may lead to more Elixir content on Upcase, but there hasnāt been an official decision to do that or anything yet.
OK, thanks for the update ā¦
Are you going to create any tuts for Phoenix at some point so we can have an open discussion about this within our own teams comparing Rails and this framework ?
This may lead to more Elixir content on Upcase, but there hasnāt been an official decision to do that or anything yet.
Iāve spent the last 8 months diving into elixir otp and Phoenix, becareful trying to draw a one for one relationship between Phoenix and Rails. Elixir may look like ruby on the surface but itās very different once you get past the syntax. Just as Elixir is different from ruby, Phoenix is very different from Rails though at first glance they might seem similar.
I will say this nearly everything I can do in rails I can do with Phoenix, but the approaches are vastly different and that takes some getting used to. I couldnāt just cram the square peg of Phoenix into the round hole of rails.
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