Application inference in Elixir 1.4
Here’s a neat little tip. With Elixir 1.4, you no longer need to add the same dependency to your dep list and applications list.Continue reading on sergiotapia »
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Different layouts with React Router.
Here’s a great tip if you’ve ever wanted to handle different layouts for different sections of your website built with React Router.Continue reading on sergiotapia »
View ArticleAlias your Phoenix mix commands for some nice developer UX.
Are you using Elixir? Add it to your stack on StackShare and find companies using Elixir in production.Continue reading on sergiotapia »
View ArticleHow to manage beta features for your users with email campaigns.
You have a new amazing feature for your product and you only want a few users to have access to it.Continue reading on sergiotapia »
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Pluralizing strings in Javascript ES6.
Have you ever wondered: How can I pluralize words in Javascript?Wonder no more!You can use the pluralize library for this.NPM:npm install pluralize --saveYarn:yarn add pluralizeWherever you want to use...
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Implementing ActiveRecords’ errors full_messages for Elixir/Phoenix and Ecto
In Rails you can easily get an array of full error messages from a model.full_messages (ActiveModel::Errors) - APIdockclass Person validates_presence_of :name, :address, :email validates_length_of...
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How to setup your own Kadira instance on a VPS like DigitalOcean.
Want your own Kadira? Read this guide!Kadira is a great performance tracking application for Meteor apps.Unfortunately it was recently shut down, but luckily it was open sourced for anyone to...
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How to send emails from Phoenix using Elixir and Mandrill.
Sending out emails using Mandrill is great for both sides of your team. Your designers/marketing team can build out an email using Mailchimp’s great UI designer. You can send out emails by just...
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How to version your Phoenix Framework API.
Versioning your API is very important as it allows you to scope implementations to a specific number in case you want to change the way things are done later down the line.This is a short article that...
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Phoenix Framework — Direct Uploading to Amazon S3.
Today I want to teach you guys how to upload files to Amazon S3 for your Phoenix application.We’ll set up uploads to go like this:User tells the backend, “I want to upload picture.jpeg!”Backend tells...
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Validate valid URL in Elixir.
Here’s a quick snippet for you guys. Sometimes you need to know if a URL is valid or not.A simple way to do this is by using the URI.parse/1 function.defmodule MyApp.Helpers.UrlValidator do def...
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How to block Chinese IP addresses in Phoenix Framework.
Everyone has been in this situation at least once.You’re relaxing, enjoying a nice afternoon working on a feature and suddenly you start seeing a bunch of traffic China doing all sorts of interesting...
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How to show all Ecto query data in iex.
Here’s a quick tip for those times when you’re querying Ecto data in iex.You’re running a query in your terminal using iex -S mix, and the data you’re getting back is truncated at the...
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Killing all socket connections for a user in Phoenix Framework
Sometimes you want to cut off all socket connections for a user in your application.A specific scenario: You deactivate a user, and while you protect your APIs from deactivated users, that socket is...
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Generate images with name initials using Elixir and ImageMagick.
When a new user signs up to your website, you may want to generate an initial profile picture for them using their initials.Here’s a nice way to do it using Elixir, ImageMagick, and a custom...
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How to use FontAwesome in your React Native applications (iOS and Android)
Usage is pretty simple these days thanks for huge efforts made by the very talented engineers working on React Native.Here are the direct steps for using FontAwesome in your react native...
View ArticleH1 Tag as your Logo? Web Design and SEO
I had an interesting chat whilst working on a web design project alongside Mike Jolley the other day, as we was working on Theme Slice a PSD to WordPress Theme conversion service – sorry had to get...
View ArticleDesign With Web Conventions
Web conventions can be used to improve the user experience of your web pages. The learned behavior of users surfing many websites web-wide has created some web design conventions that we can take...
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