How I’m Learning: Elixir & Phoenix

Recently I’ve been spending a lot of my free time absorbing as much as I can about an exciting Functional Programming language called Elixir.  For those of you that don’t know, Elixir is somewhat of a spiritual successor to Ruby, and therefore Phoenix (the web framework for Elixir) could be considered it’s Rails.  Let’s take a look at my learning path and what you can do if you’re interested in becoming a proficient Elixir & Phoenix developer!

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Getting started with React/Flux Node/MongoDB – Open Source

Almost a year ago I started an ambitious project to create a website from scratch using React and Flux (Redux) as well as Node.js and MongoDB.  I was also writing a companion book parallel to writing the actual code for the project and made some really good progress.  Since I basically stopped completely and just let the book sit and linger, I decided that I should at least open source the book so you can check it out and hopefully learn from it.

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Improve your code quality

One of the most important things when writing code is the quality with which you write it. Quality can be subjective so its important to adhere to a few basic standards and tools.

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