First video of a crash course on the Phoenix framework (Elixir), focusing on fundamentals—not building a huge app, but covering basics with real-world examples.

Why Phoenix?

• Combines high performance and developer productivity
• Easy vertical scaling due to Elixir/Erlang
• Real-world proof: 2M WebSocket connections/server; hundreds of users with low-memory use
• Many built-in features: real-time, authentication, API, Docker, metrics, presence, Ecto (database ORM)
• Friendly for frontend devs: React-like syntax, code formatter, reusable components, compiler checks

How to start:

1. Install Elixir, HEEx, Phoenix generator
2. Create new project with mix phx.new shop --database sqlite3
3. Install dependencies, set up DB, start server
4. Use ElixirLS VS Code extension

Bottom Line:
Phoenix is productive, scalable, feature-rich, and simple for building modern apps, without heavy JavaScript stacks.