Building a pool manager, part 1.1
July 9, 2018Create a new mix project, add a worker and pool supervisor.
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PoolToy: A (toy) process pool manager in Elixir 1.6
July 9, 2018This series of posts will guide you in writing an OTP application that will manage pools of processes. In particular, it will do so using features introduced in Elixir 1.6 such as the DynamicSupervisor and the Registry.
Data massaging in pipes with anonymous functions
June 10, 2018Keep on piping with anonymous functions.
Finer control in with failed matches
June 6, 2018
Tagged tuples allow finer control for with match failures.
Pattern matching in function heads: don’t go overboard
June 3, 2018Elixir’s pattern matching is great, but make sure it’s not reducing your code’s readability.
Keyword list reduction
May 31, 2018An elegant way to process keyword lists elegantly via reduction.
Rendering a view after multiple async functions return (using promises)
April 2, 2013Waiting for data from multiple sources to return before rendering a Backbone.js view.
Using jQuery promises to render Backbone views after fetching data
April 1, 2013Waiting for data to return before rendering a Backbone.js view.
Tutorial: Nested views using Backbone Marionette’s CompositeView
February 3, 2013Use Backbone Marionette’s CompositeView to drive Twitter's Bootstrap collapse component.
Tutorial: a full Backbone.Marionette application (cont'd)
May 13, 2012Build a full Backbone.Marionette app, including history, modal windows, code organization, and so on.