Built on top of Erlang, Elixir makes it easier to write good functional programming code and harder to mess it up. Here's a first look at this language on the rise. Elixir is one of the most ...

Global variables are divisive: an invaluable shortcut or a dangerous example of sloppy code? Let's talk about what they do, what they’re good for, and why you should be extra careful using them. A ...

View templates let you define the response output of an endpoint using HTML that has access to variables and logic. A template lets you write familiar HTML-like files that can access live data within ...