phoenix presence

Check Out my Empex Talk on Phoenix Channels: The Right Way to Track Users in Real-Time

I attended Empex [http://empex.co/] last year for the first time. Empex is an awesome, dynamic, inspiring, one-day Elixir conference. As an Elixir newbie, I had no idea what anyone was talking about. And I hated it! (Okay, I kind of loved it). It really gave me a kick…

Tracking User State with Phoenix Presence, React and Redux

In any application, you may need to track user involvement in real-time features. In a gaming, chatting or otherwise real-time and interactive application, we want to track things like which users are present in a chat/game/live stream or who is typing a message/shooting aliens/streaming a thing.…