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In my experience reading the Phoenix source code is much simpler than Django or Rails so less need for stack overflow or help. There is much less to go wrong a
by andy_ppp 10y ago
In my experience reading the Phoenix source code is much simpler than Django or Rails so less need for stack overflow or help. There is much less to go wrong as well.
- iamatworknow 10y agoYou do realize your experience isn't typical, right? Most developers aren't going to look through the source code for the framework they use to answer a question about usage. They're going to google it.
- ibgib 10y agoUnlike with past languages, I've also found myself looking at the source code with Elixir, but it's because docs are first-class citizens. I think this is atypical of languages in general, and it's actually why the source code comes up when googling for the info. The answers are in the code in the form of: ``` @doc This is some useful, markdown documentation, which actually contains usage info. ## Usage ## Examples ```