Full-Stack Phoenix
Learning a new web framework too often becomes "the project." Ugh!
You want to build real apps.
Those are the projects you're really excited about.
And yet you need a strategy for getting your arms around Phoenix, Ecto, LiveView, PubSub, Presence, and everything else that comes with the amazing Phoenix framework.
Where do you start? What do you need to learn, and in what order? And how do you put that knowledge into practice?
You may have tried winging it. 😬
We've all been there. You work through a hodgepodge of one-off tutorials, watch random hit-or-miss videos, ask an AI for an assist, and so on.
It may feel like progress, but you know better.
All that jumping around leaves gaps in your skills.
So when you try to build a complete Phoenix app, you don't know how to put everything together. That's frustrating!
And now it feels like learning the framework has become "the project" itself. 😩
What if you had a rock-solid foundation from the get-go?
Then you could focus less on the "how to build" and more on the "what to build."
You'd have the confidence to wield all the power of Phoenix to build multi-user, interactive, real-time web apps at scale.
You'd be flat-out soaring!
Getting there starts with a structured, systematic way of learning Phoenix that:
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builds a full-featured, realistic app
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starts from scratch
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takes it step-by-step
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ramps up smoothly, one concept at a time
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clearly and concisely explains everything
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covers the entire stack
No more gaps. Everything would finally click into place. 😀
This comprehensive course ticks all the boxes in a fun, engaging way.
It's a complete, coherent learning experience:
- Watch a short live-coding video
- Visualize key concepts through animations
- Practice in a project-based exercise
- Exclaim "Aha, now I get it!"
- Repeat for the next concept
This course has everything you need, sequenced in the right order, and is paced for experienced developers. Nothing is held back: we tackle complex features by breaking down the concepts so everything makes sense.
Get in, get out, and get your project done. 🚀
We build an app feature-by-feature in the videos so you see and understand exactly how it's done. Each live-coding video is:
- tightly-edited to respect your time
- straight to the point without any rambling or fumbling
- perfectly paced so you're not left behind or nodding off
- streamable with English subtitles and also downloadable
Seeing code is hardly enough. You also gotta see the big picture. All the key concepts are explained through visual animations so you get a solid mental model for how things work.
In the guided exercises following each video, you build a separate Phoenix app from scratch. It has similar features to the app we build in the videos, but it's a different context to tickle your brain. Each hands-on exercise:
- immediately reinforces what you learned in the video
- includes the solution, of course
- spotlights handy tips and tricks
In the end, you have the final source code for two full-featured Phoenix apps to reference when building your own apps. Yay!
Course Outline
There's a lot to it because you can do a lot with it!
For Experienced Developers
Who are already familiar with Elixir
To keep this course focused and paced just right, we assume you're comfortable with Elixir— it's the programming language you use to write Phoenix apps.
New to Elixir? Hey, no worries. Our comprehensive Elixir & OTP course will totally get you ready for Phoenix. We think it's the best course on Elixir that you'll find, and lots of folks agree!
Created with 🧡 by
Mike and Nicole Clark
Howdy! We're the friendly couple behind The Pragmatic Studio.
We've been making courses for developers since 2012. It's a privilege to get to teach together and serve everyone who supports us.
We love Elixir and Phoenix, and have happily used them since the early days. To help you learn them, we've created all sorts of courses: Elixir and OTP, Phoenix LiveView, Multi-Player Game with Phoenix, and Full-Stack GraphQL with Phoenix.
We made this course because everyone was hollering for it. 😄 Like our other courses, folks wanted an approachable, pragmatic, and enjoyable way to learn Phoenix. So here it is! A course that's carefully structured to cover everything you need to know to start making your own Phoenix apps.
We hope you enjoy it!