<p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li><a href="https://laracasts.com">Laracasts</a>, use coupon code FULLSTACK2016 for 50% off your first month</li><li><a href="https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio">Rollbar</a>, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/services/elixir-phoenix">thoughtbot on Elixir and Phoenix</a></li><li><a href="http://bikeshed.fm/">The Bikeshed Podcast</a></li><li><a href="http://exercism.io/">Exercism.io</a></li><li><a href="http://elixir-lang.org/">Elixir</a>, the functional programming language</li><li><a href="http://www.phoenixframework.org/">Phoenix</a>, the Elixir web framework</li><li><a href="http://www.phoenixframework.org/docs/ecto-models">Ecto</a>, the Phoenix database layer</li><li><a href="https://pragprog.com/book/elixir/programming-elixir">Programming Elixir</a> book by Dave Thomas</li><li><a href="https://pragprog.com/book/phoenix/programming-phoenix">Programming Phoenix</a> book by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and José Valim</li><li><a href="https://dockyard.com/blog/2015/11/18/phoenix-is-not-rails">Phoenix is not Rails</a> by Chris McCord</li><li><a href="http://bikeshed.fm/54">The Bikeshed Episode 54</a>, where Derek talks about dates and times in Elixir</li><li><a href="https://github.com/BlakeWilliams/pact">Pact</a>, the Elixir dependency injection library by <a href="https://twitter.com/blakewilliams__">Blake Williams</a></li><li><a href="http://elixir-slackin.herokuapp.com/">Elixir on Slack</a></li><li><a href="http://elixirsips.com/">Elixir Sips</a> screencasts</li></ul>

In this episode, Adam talks to Derek Prior about building web applications in Elixir with Phoenix, and how it compares to building an application in Ruby on Rails.

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45: Derek Prior - From Rails to Phoenix