123: Ash Framework Models Resources

Creator of the Ash Framework, Zach Daniel, shares how he feels Ecto is such a good tool, that people haven't built a modeling layer above it and end up using Ecto directly. Ash models a resource above Ecto, making it more expressive while supporting LiveView, REST, and GraphQL interfaces on top. While cutting boilerplate, a major goal builds in escape hatches to keep from being boxed in. Ash Framework recently celebrated a 2.0 release, accompanied by the release of the Ash HQ website. A fun look into the achievements and philosophy that make the Ash Framework what it is today!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/123 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/123)
Elixir Community News
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1582770471728484352 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1582770471728484352) – ExDoc v0.29 is out with a new Cheatsheet feature
- https://devhints.io (https://devhints.io) – DevHints was a source of inspiration for Cheatsheets
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTE7dLhkQ8Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTE7dLhkQ8Q) – Phoenix LiveView Storybook video published. Demo of v0.4.5
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/117 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/117) – Previous interview about Phoenix LiveView Storybook
- https://github.com/spawnfest/graphqlsmartcell (https://github.com/spawnfest/graphql_smart_cell) – GraphQL Smart Cell for Elixir Livebook
- https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1581350976354627584 (https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1581350976354627584) – Michael Crumm explains they intend to further develop the project.
- https://twitter.com/alan_zimm/status/1583012582847262720 (https://twitter.com/alan_zimm/status/1583012582847262720) – WhatsApp team released a new Tree Sitter Erlang Github project
- https://github.com/WhatsApp/tree-sitter-erlang (https://github.com/WhatsApp/tree-sitter-erlang) – The Erlang Tree Sitter project
- https://twitter.com/katafrakt_pl/status/1582808419157041152 (https://twitter.com/katafrakt_pl/status/1582808419157041152) – Try "mix hex.outdated" to see nice DX feature
- https://twitter.com/bernheisel/status/1583252469550678016 (https://twitter.com/bernheisel/status/1583252469550678016) – LiveViewJS as in LiveView API but all in JavaScript?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7khBftbpHLs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7khBftbpHLs) – Strangeloop presentation on LiveViewJS
- https://github.com/floodfx/liveviewjs (https://github.com/floodfx/liveviewjs) – LiveViewJS project
- https://github.com/kipcole9/image (https://github.com/kipcole9/image) – Kip Cole's Image library
- https://twitter.com/kipcole9/status/1583632387589566464 (https://twitter.com/kipcole9/status/1583632387589566464) – Kip's weekend project to generate meme images for fun
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Discussion Resources
- https://ash-hq.org/ (https://ash-hq.org/)
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash (https://github.com/ash-project/ash)
- https://github.com/ash-project (https://github.com/ash-project)
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/27 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/27) – Previous discussion from Dec 2020
- https://alembic.com.au/ (https://alembic.com.au/)
- https://rethinkdb.com/ (https://rethinkdb.com/)
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_phoenix (https://github.com/ash-project/ash_phoenix)
- https://hexdocs.pm/ash_phoenix/AshPhoenix.Form.html (https://hexdocs.pm/ash_phoenix/AshPhoenix.Form.html)
- https://ash-hq.org/docs/module/ash/latest/ash-flow (https://ash-hq.org/docs/module/ash/latest/ash-flow) – Ash.Flow docs
- https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1582139826752483329 (https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1582139826752483329) – Family showing support for the milestone
- STAPLE Stack - Surface, Tailwind, Ash, Phoenix, LiveView, Elixir
- https://discord.com/invite/D7FNG2q - Discord invite (https://discord.com/invite/D7FNG2q - Discord invite)
- https://elixirforum.com/t/ash-framework-a-declarative-resource-oriented-application-development-framework-for-elixir/51119 (https://elixirforum.com/t/ash-framework-a-declarative-resource-oriented-application-development-framework-for-elixir/51119)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1 (https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/zachdaniel/ (https://github.com/zachdaniel/) – on Github
- https://twitter.com/AshFramework (https://twitter.com/AshFramework) – Ash on Twitter
- https://ash-hq.org/ (https://ash-hq.org/) – Ash HQ
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