Curiosum TILs

In this post, you'll learn how to easily redirect users to the previous path using the Navigation History plug.

The macro mechanism in Elixir is not only an interesting metaprogramming feature - in fact, it is at the language's very core. And the more awesome fact is that, using macros, you can override the algorithm of defining functions itself!

So you don’t know what’s the type of struct you’re passing somewhere? Maybe it can be one of few types and you have to distinguish them? Or any other reason… But it’s about checking the struct type. Just use one of the coolest Elixir features - pattern matching!

Sooner or later you'll have to change the null constraint in one of your DB relations. How to do it easily in Ecto?

Hey! Have you ever wondered about tests running inside the IEx shell? For a long time, I was convinced that it’s not really possible. And as it turns out - that’s not really straightforward. You won’t easily find information about that in the documentation.

Sooner or later you may need to convert a string in Elixir to a camel or snake case. With Macro module (available in Elixir without extra dependency) it's super easy.

There is a common scenario: You'd like to debug your Phoenix app with break!/4 or IEx.pry/0. Everything works fine, until... Phoenix server throws a timeout error statement.

Sometimes you may notice that your website displays an unintended horizontal scrollbar. You may be wondering what is the cause.

It's a pretty common scenario - you have to place a few elements in equal distances. E.g. unordered list items.

Did you know that it's possible to set default value in Javascript object destructuring?

By default in the test env, Phoenix doesn't show Logger.debug/Logger.info outputs in the console.

Sometimes you need to do some database operations at once. A simple example: User-A transfers money to User-B. Updating just one balance at the time creates a risk of data desynchronization. What if the first DB operation goes well but updating the second user’s data fails? Sounds like a hard to catch vulnerability.