desktop VS redux-saga

Exciting work is happening in all of these areas...

> desktop

Elixir Desktop: https://github.com/elixir-desktop/desktop

> mobile development

LiveView Native: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnDGh_Jmw-s

> front end web

LiveView?

> command line tools

Mix.Install: https://thinkingelixir.com/elixir-1-12-and-your-first-mix-in...

How about numerical computing / machine learning: https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx/tree/main/nx

Embedded: "yes there's Nerves". Exactly?

I think you may be looking for this neat library: https://github.com/elixir-desktop/desktop

Although to be honest it boggles my that it's possible to accomplish this on iOS.

One option might be to use something like this - https://github.com/elixir-desktop/desktop - and create an executable that can be downloaded and would work offline (the Phoenix server would run inside the application itself, but would not require an internet connection).

We are trying to see what elixir deskop has to offer in terms of mobile application.. we heard that with elixir desktop you can build mobile apps for both android and ios.. so basically iam just trying to gain some information on how it works.. what are the possibilities or limitations.. otherwise Primarily I build mobile apps using native kotlin or flutter sometimes..

But if your goal is to develop a purely client side app with elixir, I'm afraid that the only option may be to wait for [elixir-desktop](https://github.com/elixir-desktop/desktop) to mature.

There is this new project https://github.com/elixir-desktop/desktop

For the backend, we chose Python, Django Rest Framework. On the frontend, React, Redux, Saga, Sass. Let’s start with the backend, which was managed by Yegor. He writes about the server part of the project himself.

The whole article properly the best explanation of generators I have come across. This quote stuck out:

> Generators are a special type of function that can return multiple pieces of data during its execution. Traditional functions can return multiple data by using structures like Arrays and Objects, but Generators return data whenever the caller asks for it, and they pause execution until they are asked to continue to generate and return more data.

Applications of generators? I have only used Redux-Saga[1]. Can't even think of other libraries that use them, but would be interested in learning.

[1]: https://redux-saga.js.org/

redux-saga. The most popular effects library in js

Redux can be extended with a lot of other packages. For example with a side effect manager, you can separate side effects from your business logic, help with error handling and in the same process make testing of side effects a lot easier.

Consumer vs. Producer: Check out Redux Saga

Your app will likely have to deal with async calls like making remote API requests. redux-thunk and redux-saga were created to solve those problems. They may take some time to understand as they require understanding of functional programming and generators. Our advice is to deal with it only when you need it.

Hey thanks for the thoughtful response.

I agree with everything you mentioned here. I'd love to continue to chat with you about how to make testing sagas better.

If you'd like, it would be great if we could move this convo to https://github.com/redux-saga/redux-saga/discussions/2337

If there are dependent API calls, you can probably look at redux-saga. It’s one of the best libraries out there to manage the data.

redux-saga makes use of them in really nice way. https://redux-saga.js.org/ That’s where I’ve used them the most.