Rebuilding a complex web-app with Elixir and Phoenix LiveView

Mikkel Høgh and team, rebuilt a seven-year-old DNS control panel app, originally built with Drupal, Node.js and Ember.js into a much simpler and easier to maintain Phoenix-web app. LiveViews replacing complex JavaScript workflows and Elixir/OTP replacing server side tasks.

Mikkel Høgh will show how migrating reduced complexity, increased maintainability and DX.

Talk objectives:

  • Share experiences, explain potential benefits and pitfalls, inspire people to do more with LiveView.

Target audience:

  • Anyone who’s interested in LiveView and not already an expert.