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Build a real-time Twitter clone in 15 minutes with LiveView and Phoenix 1.5

Chris McCord · 237.3K views · 2020-04-22 · 17:55

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Overview

Phoenix creator Chris McCord builds a real-time Twitter-style app live with Phoenix LiveView 1.5 in about 15 minutes. It shows interactive, real-time updates without writing JavaScript.

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HN points people to it as the demo that shows why LiveView and Elixir are worth a look.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2020–2025

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realusername · 2020-12 · Strong recommendation

My favorite talk is the Live View twitter demo on my case: [VIDEO] . Never before I've been so bluffed by a new technology, he's building a small twitter clone in 20min with live reload, browser sync and everything, this would take days with any other traditional tech I know.

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staticelf · 2020-12 · Strong recommendation

I think the "talk" by Chris McCord should apply here "Build a real-time Twitter clone in 15 minutes with LiveView and Phoenix 1.5", while not really a talk this year was special and the demo completely blew my mind. it's available here: [VIDEO]

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realusername · 2020-12 · Strong recommendation

> But I'm wondering if it brings enough other advantages that I shouldn't view it that simplistically. So to start with, Phoenix LiveView really is a game changer, you should have a look at Elixir just for that. This is the talk which really bluffed me when I first saw it: [VIDEO] . For the other upsides, I like a little bit better the way everything is architectured in Phoenix, there's much less magic and it's easier to follow the data flow and what is going on.

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