Thinking Elixir Podcast 233: LiveView 1.0 and Elixir 1.18!

News includes the long-awaited release of Phoenix LiveView 1.0, exciting enhancements in Elixir 1.18 such as built-in JSON support and improved ExUnit testing capabilities, and the unveiling of AWS Aurora DSQL, a serverless distributed PostgreSQL-compatible database service. Lars Wikman joins us to share updates about Nerves, including the latest on Nerves Hub, Nerves Cloud, and his project oswag.org where you can find official Elixir and Nerves T-shirts. All this and more!

Elixir Community News

Phoenix LiveView 1.0 was officially released! – https://www.phoenixframework.org/blog...
Access the Phoenix LiveView 1.0 source code on GitHub. – https://github.com/phoenixframework/p...
Check out the changelog for Phoenix LiveView 1.0. – https://github.com/phoenixframework/p...
Dockyard blog discussing Phoenix LiveView 1.0. – https://dockyard.com/blog/2024/12/03/...
The 1.0 release was announced the day after our last episode was recorded.
ElixirForum discussion on the release of Phoenix LiveView 1.0. – https://elixirforum.com/t/phoenix-liv...
Chris McCord's announcement of the Phoenix LiveView 1.0 release on Twitter/X. – https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/186...
You can now quickly get started with Elixir and Phoenix using a single command line installer.
Wojtek Mach's work on a one-line Elixir installer made getting started with Phoenix easier. – http://elixir-install.org/
Chris McCord credits Wojtek Mach for his work on the Elixir installer. – https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/186...
LiveView Native updated to be based on LiveView 1.0. – https://x.com/liveviewnative/status/1...
GitHub commit showing updates on LiveView Native for LiveView 1.0 compatibility. – https://github.com/liveview-native/li...
Elixir 1.18 is confirmed to be released soon, bringing significant improvements.
Elixir's GitHub repository where you can find version 1.18. – https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir
The changelog details for Elixir 1.18, featuring many new enhancements. – https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir...
New built-in JSON support and upgrades to the testing library in Elixir 1.18.
Type system in Elixir 1.18 now supports type checking of function calls.
ExUnit in Elixir 1.18 supports parameterized tests and better concurrency handling.
`mix format --migrate` in Elixir 1.18 helps to update deprecated constructs.
Official JSON module in Elixir provides standards-compliant encoding and decoding.
Language server improvements in Elixir 1.18 enhance development experience.
Potential minor incompatibilities in Elixir 1.18, but mostly due to better error detection.
Nerves Hub 2.1.0 has been released with various updates. – https://github.com/nerves-hub/nerves_...
Version 2.6.0 of Nerves Hub Link is now available with new features. – https://github.com/nerves-hub/nerves_...
Nerves Hub now supports extensions and improved functionality.
Membrane's write-up on Elixir Stream Week and related technical challenges. – https://blog.swmansion.com/elixir-str...
Discussion on Twitter/X about AWS Aurora DSQL, a new distributed SQL service. – https://x.com/astuyve/status/18639924...
AWS Aurora DSQL is a new serverless, distributed PostgreSQL-compatible database service. – https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/dsql/

Podcast Episode - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/233

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