The Library
Years of teaching Elixir, Phoenix, and Ash distilled into practical, project-driven books. Start with the latest Ash Framework book, or revisit the classic Phoenix Inside Out series.
Master domain modeling in Elixir with 150+ hands-on lessons, exercises, and real-world examples. From resources and relationships to aggregates, policies, and multi-tenancy — the modern, structured way to build Elixir & Phoenix apps.
by Shankar Dhanasekaran & Nittin Shankar
The classics
The complete Phoenix Inside Out series — Mastering Phoenix Framework, Garuda, Ecto Cookbook, and Blueprint for Phoenix Context — bundled together. The deepest dive into how Phoenix really works, from building production apps with TDD to rebuilding the framework itself.
Get the entire Phoenix Inside Out library together — every book below is included.
What's included
A complete guide to Phoenix with TDD
Start from Elixir basics and build a real-world ecommerce site using Test-Driven Development. Covers deployment with Mix, Distillery releases, and Docker.
by Shankar Dhanasekaran
Part of the Phoenix Inside Out package
Demystify Phoenix internals & rebuild a Phoenix clone
Build a mini-Phoenix framework on Elixir and Cowboy. Understand Plug across the endpoint, router, and controller layers — and finally grok how the conn travels through your app.
by Shankar Dhanasekaran
Part of the Phoenix Inside Out package
Practical recipes for everyday Ecto
Answers to the Ecto questions you actually hit in production — covering Ecto.Query, Ecto.Changeset, Ecto.Repo, and every association type with copy-ready solutions.
by Shankar Dhanasekaran
Part of the Phoenix Inside Out package
Organize contexts without the God-schema trap
FAQs, brainstorming notes, and organizational patterns for Phoenix contexts — how to draw boundaries, avoid God schemas, and model cross-context relationships cleanly.
by Shankar Dhanasekaran
Part of the Phoenix Inside Out package