40: Mental Models for Elixir and LiveView

We talk about the mental models we use for writing our Elixir code and for thinking about our Elixir systems (starting at 5:46). We cover transformations, plug, and Mark's "Workshop Model" (starting at 23:45). We also talk about LiveView, (starting at 31:20) how we approach it today, mistakes we've both made and seen. A fun discussion! We want to continue the discussion with you over on ElixirForum. Check the show notes for links to those topics! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/40 Elixir Community News https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.11/CHANGELOG.md – Elixir 1.11.4 released https://elixirstream.dev – ElixirSteam.dev soft launch experiment https://twitter.com/elixirbookclub – Elixir Book Club gearing up https://pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/ – Book Club selection "Designing Elixir Systems with OTP" https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/16/sumup-which-helps-businesses-take-card-payments-raises-895m-to-double-down-on-growth/ – Techcrunch covered the London based startup SumUp for raising $895M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_3X7InOw8 – TailwindCSS update with experimental JIT for improved dev styles https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-jit – Experimental jit project https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md – ExDoc 0.24.0 released Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected] Discussion Resources Mental models coming to Elixir Phoenix pipelines and reconstructing plug https://pragmaticstudio.com/courses/elixir – The PragProg course Cade mentioned It's all about data transformations Code organization and namespace design discussion Mark's mental model of the "The Workshop" starting at 23:45 Modules are binders of instructions Refactoring, namespace design, code organization is about getting your workshop organized. LiveView, anti-patterns, making the mental shifts The "Lift and shift" approach doesn't work well coming from OOP or React to Elixir Live View components and passing left over arguments to the HTML makes it cleaner and easier https://elixirforum.com/t/thinkingelixir-discussion-mental-models-for-your-elixir-and-liveview-code/38393 – ElixirForum Discussion - Mental models you use for thinking about your Elixir and LiveView code Find us online Message the show - @ThinkingElixir Email the show - [email protected] Mark Ericksen - @brainlid David Bernheisel - @bernheisel Cade Ward - @cadebward