Building Database Applications in Elixir with Ecto
INTERACTIVE COURSE

Building Database Applications in Elixir with Ecto

Intermediate

164 Lessons

60h

Certificate of Completion

Building Database Applications in Elixir with Ecto
92 Playgrounds
17 Quizzes
183 Illustrations

Takeaway Skills

Learn to connect your Elixir applications with relational databases using Ecto

Gain mastery over core modules of Ecto

Learn to speed up your test suite by writing concurrent tests

Learn the use of nested associations to handle complex table relationships

Learn to add streams to handle large result sets with ease

Course Overview

Ecto is a database library that ships natively with Phoenix, and is an important component of the Elixir ecosystem. This course is both an introduction and a comprehensive guide into the functionality of Ecto. You’ll start with the basic functions of relational databases—repos, queries, schemas, changesets, and transactions—to build your knowledge of Elixir and Ecto. You’ll apply these concepts on increasingly complex challenges to master Ecto’s syntax, and consequently build a sample application. You’ll t...Show More

Course Content

1

Introduction to This Course

2

Part I: Ecto Fundamentals

3

Get Started with Repo

4

Query Your Database

5

Connect Tables to Elixir Structs with Schemas

6

Make Changes with Changesets

15 Lessons

7

Make Multiple Changes with Transactions and the Multi Module

12 Lessons

8

Make Changes to the Database

13 Lessons

9

Part II: Ecto Applied

1 Lesson

10

Add Ecto to an Elixir Application Without Phoenix

8 Lessons

11

Work with Changesets and Phoenix Forms

7 Lessons

12

Test with Sandboxes

6 Lessons

13

Create and Use Custom Types

5 Lessons

14

Inserting and Updating with Upserts

7 Lessons

15

Optimizeing Your Application Design

6 Lessons

16

Work with Embedded Schemas

6 Lessons

17

Creating Polymorphic Associations

7 Lessons

18

Optimize IEx for Ecto

5 Lessons

19

Use Schemas Without Tables

6 Lessons

20

Tune for Performance

6 Lessons

21

Conclusion

1 Lesson

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