Phoenix is a
web development framework
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written in the
functional programming language
Elixir. Phoenix uses a
server-side model–view–controller
Model–view–controller (MVC) is a software architectural pattern commonly used for developing user interfaces that divide the related program logic into three interconnected elements. This is done to separate internal representations of infor ...
(MVC) pattern. Based on th
Pluglibrary, and ultimately th
Cowboy Erlang framework, it was developed to provide highly performant and scalable web applications. In addition to the request/response functionality provided by the underlying Cowboy server, Phoenix provides soft realtime communication to external clients through
WebSockets or
long polling
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* Long, characteristic of something of great duration
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using its language agnosti
channels feature
Two notable features of Phoenix are LiveView and HEEx. LiveView provides real-time user experiences with server-rendered HTML. HEEx is Phoenix's templating language.
See also
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Comparison of web frameworks Two comparisons of web frameworks are available:
* Comparison of JavaScript-based web frameworks (front-end)
* Comparison of server-side web frameworks
This is a comparison of notable web frameworks, software used to build and deploy web applicat ...
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Elixir (programming language)
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Mix (build tool)
References
External links
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Free software
Software using the MIT license
Web frameworks
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