Phoenix 1.4 ships with exciting new features, most notably with HTTP2 support, improved development experience with faster compile times, new error pages, and local SSL certificate generation. Additionally, our channel layer internals receiveced an overhaul, provided better structure and extensibility. We also shipped a new and improved Presence javascript API, as well as Elixir formatter integration for our routing and test DSLs.

This release requires few user-facing changes and should be a fast upgrade for those on Phoenix 1.3.x.

Install the new phx.new project generator

The mix phx.new archive can now be installed via hex, for a simpler, versioned installation experience.

To grab the new archive, simply run:

A better `git branch`

I'll often use branches to try out experiments, ideas, and to separate different trains of thought. Not every branch gets merged – in fact, it's quite common for me to make several commits on a branch, look at the end result, and throw the branch away without ever merging it (branching is cheap and ideas are cheap, but bad code is expensive). As a result, I can end up with a lot of branches. This makes the output of git branch difficult to sort through:

$ git branch
* account-org-association
  acdx-blog-posts
  add-static-resource-support
  alter-component-naming

Andrew Pett aspett

Install the new phx.new project generator

A better git branch

A better `git branch`