Plug Documentation

Plug Documentation

Plug is a lightweight specification and set of conveniences to aid in building web applications in Elixir. This documentation provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and using Plug in your Elixir projects.

Overview

Plug provides a consistent interface for creating modular, reusable, and composable modules. It allows developers to build web applications by composing a series of plugs, which are responsible for handling requests and responses.

Key Concepts

• Middleware: Learn how to use middleware to modify the request and response pipeline in your application.
• Router: Build a router that maps requests to specific plugs, allowing for clean and efficient routing.
• Handler: Understand how to handle errors and exceptions in your application using Plug handlers.
• Adapters: Explore different adapters to connect your Plug application to various web servers.

Guides

• Getting Started with Plug: A step-by-step guide to setting up and creating your first Plug application.
• Authentication with Plug: Learn how to implement user authentication using plug libraries and techniques.
• Caching with Plug: Discover how to improve the performance of your application using caching strategies with Plug.
• Testing Plug Applications: Learn best practices for testing your Plug applications using Elixir's built-in testing framework.
• Deploying Plug Applications: Explore different deployment strategies for your Plug applications.

Examples

See some fully implemented examples of Plug applications to help you get started:

• Example Application 1: An application that demonstrates how to build a simple blog using Plug and Elixir.
• Example Application 2: An application that showcases how to integrate a messaging system using Plug and Elixir.

Community

Connect with the Elixir community and get help with all your Plug-related questions and discussions:

• https://elixirforum.com/: Join the Elixir Forum to engage with a vibrant community of developers.
• https://discord.com/invite/elixir-lang: Chat with fellow developers in the Elixir Discord server.

Resources

• https://hexdocs.pm/plug/: Check out the official Plug documentation for more detailed information.
• https://elixirschool.com/: Learn more about Elixir fundamentals and advanced topics at Elixir School.

Related Articles

• Phoenix Framework: Discover how Plug is the backbone of the popular Phoenix web framework.
• Ecto Database Integration: Learn how to integrate Plug applications with Ecto for seamless database interactions.
• JSON API Development: Explore techniques and libraries for developing JSON APIs in Elixir.