Programming Phoenix LiveView

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1. sphMay 2026
   This is a good list. I started with the books by Saša Jurić (they are excellent), and the Programming Phoenix LiveView is a must have if you want to do anything web-related.

   If you're on the fence, this'll convince you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE

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2. y04nnFeb 2024
   Maybe it was true 6 years ago, but I'm currently playing with Elixir/Phoenix and I feel very productive, Phoenix is well design and adding new functionalities is not that hard and the code is easy to debug. On the other side, Elixir and Erlang are not that popular and every time I talk about it to other developers, they may have heard of it but can't talk about it, so it's probably not that easy to find devs for a startup. But the barrier to entry is probably what keeps the libraries well designed. For anyone interested in Elixir I would start with those books in this order "Elixir in Action", "Programming Ecto" and "Programming Phoenix Liveview".
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3. photon_colliderDec 2023
   These are my favorites for this year.

   Fiction:

   "Wool" and "Shift" (by Hugh Howey) - Fell in love with this series when the TV show debuted on Apple TV. I just had to read the book to find out what happens next. Still need to read the third book in the series.

   Non-Fiction:

   Algorithms to Live By (Brian Christian and Tom Griffith) - An interesting take on how to apply algorithms to regular day-to-day living.

   Crucial Conversations (Kerry Patterson et. al) - A good primer on how to have difficult conversations

   The Effective Engineer (Edmond Lau) - This book provided me a good framework on how to be more effective at prioritizing my work.

   Programming Phoenix LiveView (Bruce A. Tate and Sophie DeBenedetto) - I found this very helpful for getting acquainted with Phoenix and LiveView.

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4. AlchemistCampFeb 2023
   The same publisher has a "Programming Phoenix LiveView" book, which is probably your best bet at this point.
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5. d_scDec 2022
   LiveView is evolving into a great piece of tech, but as others have noted elsewhere in the comments one of the challenging parts with LiveView right now (and to an extent Phoenix) is the outdated books & tutorials.

   Bruce Tate and Sophie DeBenedetto have been authoring the book “Programming Phoenix LiveView” (https://pragprog.com/titles/liveview/programming-phoenix-liv...) which has the potential to be a great source for people that want to really dive into LiveView. The challenge though is they have not updated it to support the changes introduced in 0.18.0 which makes it really hard to start using the book when a new Phoenix application “mix phx.new dev_app” looks different than what’s in their book and some of their code breaks with the default installed versions of included plugs.

   While I wish the book would receive an update sooner that brings it back to a compatible state (meaning there are no issues following along with the book), the good news is they have committed to having the book be updated when LiveView hits 1.0.

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