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Course Outline

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Course Outline

Overview

Use the following index to find reading material and exercises for this course.

For new students, we recommend that you start here.

Elixir Fundamentals

Prerequisites

Install Elixir
Install Livebook
Install Postgres (optional to get started)
Install Phoenix (optional to get started)
Setup WSL with Visual Studio Code (Windows Users Only)
Optionally Install asdf to manage Elixir and Erlang versions.
Basic understanding of Computer Hardware

Course Tools

Reading
- Command Line
- Git
- Livebook
- Code Editors
- IEx
Exercises

Basics

Reading
Exercises
- Fun Formulas
- Card Counting
- Habit Tracker
- Mad Libs
- Bonus: Guessing Games

Data Structures And Intro To Pattern Matching

Reading
- Atoms
- Tuples
- Lists
- Keyword Lists
- Maps
Exercises

Control Flow And Abstraction

Reading
- Functions
- Control Flow
Exercises
- Naming Numbers
- Rock Paper Scissors

Modules And Structs

Reading
- Modules
- Structs
Exercises
- Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock
- RPG Dialogue
- Bonus: Pokemon Battle

Enumeration

Reading
- Ranges
- Enum
Exercises

Built-in Modules

Reading
- Built-In Modules
Exercises
- Filter Values By Type
- Tic-tac-toe

Comprehensions And Non-Enumerable Data Types

Reading
- Enumerating on Non-Enumerables
- Comprehensions
Exercises

Reduce

Reading
- Reduce
Exercises
- Number Finder
- Custom Enum With Reduce
- Bonus: Data Traversal

Dates And Time

Reading
- Dates and Times
Exercises
- Time Converting
- Itinerary
- Bonus: Timeline

String Manipulation

Reading
- Strings and Binaries
- Regex
Exercises
- Email Validation
- Caesar Cypher
- Bonus: Rollable Expressions
- Bonus: Phone Number Parsing

Recursion

Reading
- Recursion
Exercises
- Fibonacci
- Lucas Numbers
- Bonus: Factorial
- Bonus: Pascals Triangle

Mix Projects

Elixir Build Tooling

Reading
- Mix
Exercises

Testing With ExUnit

Reading
- ExUnit
Exercises
- Games: Wordle Application

Documentation And Static Analysis

Reading
- Documentation
Exercises
- Drills: Typespecs
- Games: Documentation and Static Analysis

Executables

Reading
- Executables
Exercises
- Games: Menu

Advanced Syntax

Advanced Pattern Matching

Reading
- Advanced Pattern Matching
Exercises
- Drills: Pattern Matching
- Replacing nils
- Bonus: Metric Conversion

Guarding

Reading
- Guards
- with
Exercises

Protocols

Reading
- Protocols
Exercises
- Math With Protocols
- Bonus: Battle Map

Persistence Using The File System

Reading
- Streams
- File
Exercises
- Drills: Streams
- Drills: File
- Save Game
- Bonus: File System Todo App
- Bonus: Document Tools
- Mastery: File Search

OTP

Processes

Reading
- Processes
Exercises
- Drills: Process
- Process Mailbox

GenServers

Reading
- GenServers
Exercises

Testing GenServers

Reading
- Testing GenServers
Exercises
- Stack GenServer Testing
- Bonus: Traffic Light Server

Supervisor Basics And Fault Tolerance

Reading
- Supervisors
Exercises
- Drills: Supervisors
- Supervised Stack
- Games: Supervised Score Tracker

Concurrency With Tasks

Reading
- Task
- Task Supervisor
Exercises
- Drills: Tasks
- Concurrent Word Count

Phoenix

HTML And CSS

Reading
- HTML + CSS
Exercises
- Common Components
- Bonus: Play FlexBox Froggy
- Bonus: Play Grid Garden

APIs

Reading
- APIs
Exercises
- Pokemon API

Relational Databases

Reading
- Relational Database Management Systems
Exercises
- Drills: SQL Queries

Phoenix

Reading
- Phoenix 1.7
- Bonus: Web Servers
Exercises
- Follow Along: Phoenix Counter App
- Drills: Phoenix

Group Project Blog

Group Project: Blog

Phoenix And Ecto

Reading
- Phoenix and Ecto
Exercises
- Blog: Posts

Testing Phoenix

Reading
- Testing Phoenix
Exercises
- Blog: Search

Phoenix Forms And Components

Reading
- Phoenix Components
Exercises
- Blog: Visibility Migration

Phoenix And Ecto One-to-Many Associations

Reading
- One to Many Associations
Exercises
- Blog: Comments

Phoenix Authentication

Reading
- Phoenix Authentication
Exercises
- Blog: Authentication

Phoenix And Ecto Many-to-Many Relationships

Reading
- Many-to-Many Relationships
Exercises
- Blog: Tags

Phoenix And Ecto One-to-One Relationships

Reading
- One-to-One Relationships
Exercise
- Blog: Cover Image

Tailwind

Reading
- Tailwind
Exercises
- Blog: Home Page

Deployment

Reading
- Deployment
Exercise
- Blog: Deployment

Custom Feature

Blog: Custom Feature

Group Project Presentation

Group Project: Presentation

Capstone Project Preparation

Capstone Project

Reading
- Capstone Project: Guide
Exercises

LiveView

LiveView

Reading
- LiveView
Exercises
- Follow Along: LiveView Counter
- Bonus: Math Game

LiveView And Ecto

Instruction
- PicChat: Messages

LiveView Authentication

Instruction
- PicChat: Authentication

LiveView Image Uploads

Instruction
- PicChat: Image Upload

PubSub

Instruction
- PicChat: PubSub

LiveView JS Interoperability And Pagination

Instruction
- PicChat: Pagination and Infinite Scroll

Scheduling And Emailing With Swoosh And Oban

Instruction
- PicChat: Emails

Bonus Topics

The following topics are not part of the DockYard Academy core curriculum, but serve as a bonus section for those interested in delving deeper into programming and Elixir.

Performance Optimization

Reading
- Lists and Tuples
- Maps, MapSets, and Keyword Lists
Exercises
- Drills: MapSets
- Fibonacci Challenge

Benchmarking And Performance

Reading
- Big O Notation
- Benchmarking
Exercises
- Custom Enum

Ecto Changesets

Reading
- Ecto Changeset
Exercises
- Sign Up Form
- Bonus: Book Changeset

State Management With Agents And ETS

Reading
- State: Agent and ETS
Exercises
- Agent Journal
- ETS Warehouse
- Mastery: Advanced Score Tracker

Metaprogramming

Reading
- Metaprogramming
Exercises
- Meta Math
- Custom Assertions

Queues

Reading
- Queues

Worker Pools

Worker Pools

Rubix Cube Project

Rubix Cube

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