Elixir Mix
Building APIs - EMX 181
In this episode Adi and Sascha dig deeper into what it means to consume and build APIs in Elixir and how a RESTful approach compares to choosing GraphQL as your weapon of choice. Along the way they discuss common pitfalls when building APIs (spoiler: one is caching), how to test all of this, and what their personal preferences and experiences are in creating APIs in Elixir.
July 13, 2022
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Episode 181
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In this episode Adi and Sascha dig deeper into what it means to consume and build APIs in Elixir and how a RESTful approach compares to choosing GraphQL as your weapon of choice. Along the way they discuss common pitfalls when building APIs (spoiler: one is caching), how to test all of this, and what their personal preferences and experiences are in creating APIs in Elixir.
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Links
- Finch - Finch v0.12.0
- HTTPoison - HTTPoison v1.8.1
- GitHub - elixir-plug/plug_cowboy: Plug adapter for the Cowboy web server
- Instant GraphQL APIs on your data | Built-in Authz & Caching
- JWT.IO
- DDD, Hexagonal, Onion, Clean, CQRS, ... How I put it all together
- Protocol Buffers | Google Developers
- GitHub - parroty/exvcr: HTTP request/response recording library for elixir, inspired by VCR.
- Boston Elixir June 2021 - Adi Iyengar - Levels of testing API calls
- How I deal with behaviours and boilerplate - Sascha Wolf
- A guide to fuzz testing
Picks
- Adi- Reach out if you're hiring Elixir devs! (aditya7iyengar@gmail.com)
- Adi- Buy a punching bag for both workout/releasing frustration
- Adi- Testing Elixir
- Sascha- Deep Rock Galactic