Listen "137: Upgrading to Phoenix 1.7"
Episode Synopsis
After covering the week's news, we talk about upgrading our apps to Phoenix 1.7.0 and what the experience is like. We include tips and resources that we found helpful and talk about the backward compatibility of the project and what that means for both personal projects and working teams.
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/137 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/137)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/elixir-nx/bumblebee/pull/107 (https://github.com/elixir-nx/bumblebee/pull/107?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Coming soon - Whisper model and speech-to-text serving
- https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1618031468831461376 (https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1618031468831461376?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://news.livebook.dev/what-s-new-in-livebook-0.8.1-NSbeg (https://news.livebook.dev/what-s-new-in-livebook-0.8.1-NSbeg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveBook 0.8.1
- https://twitter.com/livebookdev/status/1620120043446235139 (https://twitter.com/livebookdev/status/1620120043446235139?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://twitter.com/akoutmos/status/1618472466900484097 (https://twitter.com/akoutmos/status/1618472466900484097?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Debugging Ecto Queries with Alex Koutmos' new library called EctoDbg
- https://twitter.com/whatyouhide/status/1617909212796915714 (https://twitter.com/whatyouhide/status/1617909212796915714?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Andrea Leopardi released his Protohackers in Elixir video of “day 5 - Mob in the Middle” and “day 6 - speed daemon”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm4Jgg7zeXk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm4Jgg7zeXk?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQqa21uxQ8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQqa21uxQ8?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://twitter.com/bcardarella/status/1617970458720362497 (https://twitter.com/bcardarella/status/1617970458720362497?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella shared a LiveView Native tease of an app running in the Apple Watch emulator.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-forum-update-2023-celebrating-ten-years-of-elixir/53367 (https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-forum-update-2023-celebrating-ten-years-of-elixir/53367?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirForum wrote a tribute to 10 years of Elixir and announced new "chat room" trial
- https://beammachine.cloud/ (https://beammachine.cloud/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – BEAM Machine is live
- https://fly.io/phoenix-files/tag-all-the-things/ (https://fly.io/phoenix-files/tag-all-the-things/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tag all the things! blog post using Postgres and Ecto features
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://elixircasts.io/upgrading-to-phoenix-1.7 (https://elixircasts.io/upgrading-to-phoenix-1.7?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxRDE63-loM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxRDE63-loM?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – How to upgrade from Phoenix 1.6 to 1.7
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-803kOXq3g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-803kOXq3g?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix 1.7 new template rendering without Views!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqnUWJHtLbg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqnUWJHtLbg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix 1.7's new verified routes
- https://fly.io/phoenix-files/flying-with-a-fledgling-phoenix/ (https://fly.io/phoenix-files/flying-with-a-fledgling-phoenix/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – How to try out Phoenix 1.7 and compare the changes
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34188461#34195445 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34188461#34195445?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – HackerNews comments about backward compatibility
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/dbern)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
- Cade Ward on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/cadebward)
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/137 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/137)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/elixir-nx/bumblebee/pull/107 (https://github.com/elixir-nx/bumblebee/pull/107?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Coming soon - Whisper model and speech-to-text serving
- https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1618031468831461376 (https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1618031468831461376?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://news.livebook.dev/what-s-new-in-livebook-0.8.1-NSbeg (https://news.livebook.dev/what-s-new-in-livebook-0.8.1-NSbeg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveBook 0.8.1
- https://twitter.com/livebookdev/status/1620120043446235139 (https://twitter.com/livebookdev/status/1620120043446235139?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://twitter.com/akoutmos/status/1618472466900484097 (https://twitter.com/akoutmos/status/1618472466900484097?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Debugging Ecto Queries with Alex Koutmos' new library called EctoDbg
- https://twitter.com/whatyouhide/status/1617909212796915714 (https://twitter.com/whatyouhide/status/1617909212796915714?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Andrea Leopardi released his Protohackers in Elixir video of “day 5 - Mob in the Middle” and “day 6 - speed daemon”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm4Jgg7zeXk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm4Jgg7zeXk?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQqa21uxQ8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQqa21uxQ8?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://twitter.com/bcardarella/status/1617970458720362497 (https://twitter.com/bcardarella/status/1617970458720362497?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella shared a LiveView Native tease of an app running in the Apple Watch emulator.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-forum-update-2023-celebrating-ten-years-of-elixir/53367 (https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-forum-update-2023-celebrating-ten-years-of-elixir/53367?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirForum wrote a tribute to 10 years of Elixir and announced new "chat room" trial
- https://beammachine.cloud/ (https://beammachine.cloud/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – BEAM Machine is live
- https://fly.io/phoenix-files/tag-all-the-things/ (https://fly.io/phoenix-files/tag-all-the-things/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tag all the things! blog post using Postgres and Ecto features
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://elixircasts.io/upgrading-to-phoenix-1.7 (https://elixircasts.io/upgrading-to-phoenix-1.7?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxRDE63-loM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxRDE63-loM?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – How to upgrade from Phoenix 1.6 to 1.7
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-803kOXq3g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-803kOXq3g?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix 1.7 new template rendering without Views!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqnUWJHtLbg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqnUWJHtLbg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix 1.7's new verified routes
- https://fly.io/phoenix-files/flying-with-a-fledgling-phoenix/ (https://fly.io/phoenix-files/flying-with-a-fledgling-phoenix/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – How to try out Phoenix 1.7 and compare the changes
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34188461#34195445 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34188461#34195445?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – HackerNews comments about backward compatibility
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/dbern)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
- Cade Ward on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/cadebward)
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