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

Elixir Community News

• https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1582770471728484352 – ExDoc v0.29 is out with a new Cheatsheet feature
• https://devhints.io – DevHints was a source of inspiration for Cheatsheets
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTE7dLhkQ8Q – Phoenix LiveView Storybook video published. Demo of v0.4.5
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/117 – Previous interview about Phoenix LiveView Storybook
• https://github.com/spawnfest/graphql_smart_cell – GraphQL Smart Cell for Elixir Livebook
• https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1581350976354627584 – Michael Crumm explains they intend to further develop the project.
• https://twitter.com/alan_zimm/status/1583012582847262720 – WhatsApp team released a new Tree Sitter Erlang Github project
• https://github.com/WhatsApp/tree-sitter-erlang – The Erlang Tree Sitter project
• https://twitter.com/katafrakt_pl/status/1582808419157041152 – Try "mix hex.outdated" to see nice DX feature
• https://twitter.com/bernheisel/status/1583252469550678016 – LiveViewJS as in LiveView API but all in JavaScript?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7khBftbpHLs – Strangeloop presentation on LiveViewJS
• https://github.com/floodfx/liveviewjs – LiveViewJS project
• https://github.com/kipcole9/image – Kip Cole's Image library
• 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://github.com/ash-project/ash
• https://github.com/ash-project
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/27 – Previous discussion from Dec 2020
• https://alembic.com.au/
• https://rethinkdb.com/
• https://github.com/ash-project/ash_phoenix
• https://hexdocs.pm/ash_phoenix/AshPhoenix.Form.html
• https://ash-hq.org/docs/module/ash/latest/ash-flow – Ash.Flow docs
• 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://elixirforum.com/t/ash-framework-a-declarative-resource-oriented-application-development-framework-for-elixir/51119

Guest Information

• https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1 – on Twitter
• https://github.com/zachdaniel/ – on Github
• https://twitter.com/AshFramework – Ash on Twitter
• https://ash-hq.org/ – Ash HQ

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