An experimental batch imports application written in Elixir/Phoenix
- A chance to try a real-world Phoenix application for learning
- The current batch import application, Currents began using an experimental architecture (Gris/Braque) and was subsequently changed into a "regular" Rails application, but still has a lot of odd corners due to that earlier implementation.
- Currents does a lot of its work using Sidekiq, and Elixir/Phoenix allows us to parallelize more work without the additional need for a delayed-job setup.
- The parallelism and Live View from Phoenix allow us to provide more rapid feedback as errors occur, rather than waiting on Sidekiq jobs to update database tables and then reloading pages to see the results. An example is the request to know during an import how many artworks have been created and images added in real time.
- Install dependencies with
mix deps.get - Create and migrate your database with
mix ecto.setup - Install Node.js dependencies with
cd assets && npm install - Start Phoenix endpoint with
mix phx.server
Now you can visit localhost:4000 from your browser.
- Official website: http://www.phoenixframework.org/
- Guides: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/overview.html
- Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix