Glossary

Cowboy

HTTP server

Ecto

database wrapper / ORM

Hex

package manager

Mix

build tool that ships with Elixir that provides tasks for creating, compiling, testing your application, managing its dependencies and much more

Plug

If you’re familiar with Ruby you can think of Plug as Rack with a splash of Sinatra. It provides a specification for web application components and adapters for web servers.

Poison

A JSON encoder/decoder