The Power & Performance of Phoenix LiveView • Geoffrey Lessel • GOTO 2021

Geoffrey Lessel demonstrates how to convert a typical MVC controller into a Phoenix LiveView controller to enable real-time updates.

This presentation was recorded at GOTOpia Chicago 2021. #GOTOcon #GOTOpia gotochgo.com Geoffrey Lessel - Developer at Planning Center; Author of Phoenix in Action; Wannabe Renaissance Man ABSTRACT Backed by the proven real-time capabilities of Elixir, Phoenix’s LiveView opens up a new world of possibilities for soft real-time web applications. Whether you need to manage the connections thousands of concurrent visitors in a chat application or simply push real-time updates of constantly changing information to a single user, LiveView makes it trivial with minimal JavaScript (sometimes none at all). In this live-coding presentation, we’ll convert a typical controller in a MVC application into a LiveView controller. Along the way, we’ll discover some of the major benefits that LiveView provides and you’ll see how easy it is to implement in your own applications [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:42 Phoenix LiveView benefits 06:39 Demo 38:57 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: gotochgo.com/2021/sessions/1767/the-power-and-performance-of… RECOMMENDED BOOKS Geoffrey Lessel • Phoenix in Action • amzn.to/3mp5pCx Lance Halvorsen • Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP & Phoenix • amzn.to/2UFSXmB Voloz & Richey • Phoenix Web Development • amzn.to/2W9bQzb McCord, Tate & Valim • Programming Phoenix 1.4 • amzn.to/3zcUqj4 Saša Jurić • Elixir in Action • amzn.to/2RZh5eN twitter.com/GOTOcon linkedin.com/company/goto- facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Elixir #PhoenixLiveView #LiveView #Phoenix #WebApp #JS #JavaScript #MVC #Erlang #WebFramework #LiveCoding #BEAM #BEAMvm Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1