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Mark & David from Thinking Elixir on Ecto Queries

Mark & David from Thinking Elixir on Ecto Queries

FromElixir Wizards


Mark & David from Thinking Elixir on Ecto Queries

FromElixir Wizards

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Oct 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week the Thinking Elixir Podcast is taking over Elixir Wizards! Mark & David from Thinking Elixir are here today to parse the particulars of Ecto Queries! Mark Ericksen is an Elixir Specialist at Fly.io and host of Thinking Elixir. David Bernheisel is a Senior Software Engineer at Bitfo and host of Thinking Elixir. Tune in today to learn more about Ecto Queries from today’s special guests, Mark Ericksen and David Bernheisel!
Key Points From This Episode:
A brief breakdown of today’s topic and introduction to our special guests, Mark & David
The hosts catch up with Mark & David and learn about David’s new book Ecto In Production
Dave Lucia is mentioned once again, can we go one episode without talking about him?
Find out how long David & Mark have been working in databases
We get the breakdown of what an Ecto Query is
There is a discussion around schema migrations vs data migrations and how to avoid common pain points
Learn what resources are available for learning Ecto
We find out what the pin operator is and when it is used
What an extensive query is and how to optimize queries
We learn about fun edge cases that we’ve bumped into while working with Ecto
The ins and outs of Ecto dump and Ecto load
”Ecto is a whole wide world of information. You think you know a lot and then you realize you don't. Nope, I'm almost just as dumb as I was five years ago about SQL and Ecto. Nope, it evolves. It gets deep.” - Mark Ericksen
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Mark Ericksen on Twitter — https://twitter.com/brainlid
Mark Ericksen on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-ericksen-66397417/
David Bernheisel on Twitter – https://twitter.com/bernheisel
David Bernheisel on GitHub – https://github.com/dbernheisel
David Bernheisel on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernheisel/
Thinking Elixir Podcast https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/
SmartLogic — https://smartlogic.io/
SmartLogic Twitter — https://twitter.com/smartlogic
Use The Index, Luke! https://use-the-index-luke.com/
Postgresql Tutorial https://www.postgresqltutorial.com/
Postgresql subqueries
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3004887/how-to-do-a-postgresql-subquery-in-select-clause-with-join-in-from-clause-like-s
https://www.w3resource.com/sql/subqueries/understanding-sql-subqueries.php
Fly Blog: Safe Ecto Migrations https://fly.io/phoenix-files/safe-ecto-migrations/
Crunchy Data Developer Tutorials https://www.crunchydata.com/developers/tutorials
Crunchy Data Postgres Tips https://www.crunchydata.com/postgres-tips
Ecto in Production https://www.ectoinproduction.com/
SQL Join Illustration https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SQLJoins.svg
SQL Join Illustration https://i.stack.imgur.com/UI25E.jpg
Released:
Oct 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Elixir Wizards is an interview-style podcast for anyone interested in functional programming and the Elixir Programming Language. Hosted by SmartLogic engineers Sundi Myint, Owen Bickford, Bilal Hankins, and Dan Ivovich, this show features in-depth discussions with some of the brightest minds in the industry, discussing training and documentation in Phoenix LiveView, the evolution of programming languages, Erlang VM, and more. In the current season, we're celebrating a decade of Elixir and exploring what the next ten years hold for this powerful language. With expert insights from guests including José Valim, Hugo Baraúna, and Saša Juric, we discuss emerging trends in cyber security, cloud infrastructure, web transports, machine learning, static vs dynamic types, and what the future might hold for Elixir developers. Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir. (https://smartlogic.io/phoenix-and-elixir?utm_source=podcast)