Phoenix Framework

Hello StackShare Users,

I am Charles. I am currently developing an API for a social media app using Laravel 8. However, there are concurrency concerns from my team members.

With regards to this, what would you advise between Laravel and Phoenix Framework?

Thanks in advance.

I find myself struggling trying to use a specific minified CSS file under node_modules for Milligram in Phoenix Framework using Webpack. First I thought that I need to define a resolve entry in my webpack.config.js as described in css-loader docs.

Then, I've discovered that I can simply use this Webpack notation in my manifest file (app.scss):

@import '~milligram/dist/milligram.min';

As described in docs:

To import assets from a node_modules path (include resolve.modules) and for alias, prefix it with a ~

Note that if you have other Webpack loaders, it will expand your CSS file in development mode.

Another major decision was to adopt Elixir and Phoenix Framework - the DX (Developer eXperience) is pretty similar to what we know from RoR, but this tech is running on the top of rock-solid Erlang platform which is powering planet-scale telecom solutions for 20+ years. So we're getting pretty much the best from both worlds: minimum friction & smart conventions that eliminate the excessive boilerplate AND highly concurrent EVM (Erlang's Virtual Machine) that makes all the scalability problems vanish. The transition was very smooth - none of Ruby developers we had decided to leave because of Elixir. What is more, we kept recruiting Ruby developers w/o any requirement regarding Elixir proficiency & we still were able to educate them internally in almost no time. Obviously Elixir comes with some more tools in the stack: Credo , Hex , AppSignal (required to properly monitor BEAM apps).