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Okay, if I wanted to get started writing a webapp in Dynamo using Elixir, how do I start? I looked at the GitHub repo and there didn't seem to be much. All I

Okay, if I wanted to get started writing a webapp in Dynamo using Elixir, how do I start? I looked at the GitHub repo and there didn't seem to be much. All I could find was: https://github.com/josevalim/dynamo/blob/master/examples/simple.exs https://github.com/josevalim/dynamo/blob/master/examples/sim... Can I mix a websockets server into a Dynamo app? Websockets are a key use-case for Erlang for me. I've been looking into how to do a WS server on Erlang and this was the most modern example I could find: https://github.com/ostinelli/misultin/blob/master/src/misultin_websocket.erl https://github.com/ostinelli/misultin/blob/master/src/misult... To be frank: pretty fucking gnarly.

nirvana 14y ago
Dynamo seems to be still pretty early in development. You might want to watch the video linked to the page from the 0redev conference. He doesn't talk about dynamo much, but he does give "2013" as the date for Dynamo. On the WebSockets issue, I'd check out Cowboy. Cowboy seems to be the new hotness in erlang web apps. It has at least some support for web sockets. https://github.com/extend/cowboy https://github.com/extend/cowboy If you're looking for a full featured web framework with built-in web socket support then maybe what you really want is Nitrogen: http://nitrogenproject.com http://nitrogenproject.com Finally, and just for completeness, since I'm mentioning web frameworks, you'll probably want to see what ChicagoBoss's WS story is: http://www.chicagoboss.org http://www.chicagoboss.org or if someone's done something with WebMachine and websockets: http://basho.com http://basho.com I think Nitrogen sounds like the best bet. Since Elixir seems to mix effortlessly with Erlang, you should be able to write your code in Elixir using any of these frameworks.
- codewright 14y ago
  I usually really don't like huge web frameworks like Nitrogen. I'll take a look though. Edit: Took a look at the documentation. You couldn't pay me to touch Nitrogen. Hopefully Cowboy turns out to be more promising. I'm already familiar with CB.

nirvana 14y ago

Dynamo seems to be still pretty early in development. You might want to watch the video linked to the page from the 0redev conference. He doesn't talk about dynamo much, but he does give "2013" as the date for Dynamo. On the WebSockets issue, I'd check out Cowboy. Cowboy seems to be the new hotness in erlang web apps. It has at least some support for web sockets. https://github.com/extend/cowboy https://github.com/extend/cowboy If you're looking for a full featured web framework with built-in web socket support then maybe what you really want is Nitrogen: http://nitrogenproject.com http://nitrogenproject.com Finally, and just for completeness, since I'm mentioning web frameworks, you'll probably want to see what ChicagoBoss's WS story is: http://www.chicagoboss.org http://www.chicagoboss.org or if someone's done something with WebMachine and websockets: http://basho.com http://basho.com I think Nitrogen sounds like the best bet. Since Elixir seems to mix effortlessly with Erlang, you should be able to write your code in Elixir using any of these frameworks.

codewright 14y ago
I usually really don't like huge web frameworks like Nitrogen. I'll take a look though. Edit: Took a look at the documentation. You couldn't pay me to touch Nitrogen. Hopefully Cowboy turns out to be more promising. I'm already familiar with CB.