Testing, Debugging, and Departures

News includes Phoenix LiveDebugger hitting v1.0 with an interactive tour to go along with it, LiveStash v0.2.0 shipping with API improvements and a tease of Redis & Mnesia adapters on the horizon, German Velasco making his TestingLiveView.com course completely free for the Elixir community, Volt reaching v0.8.0 as an Elixir-native frontend build tool that eliminates the need for Node.js, and Francesco Cesarini announcing his departure from Erlang Solutions while pledging to remain active in the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, and more!

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• https://x.com/swmansionElixir/status/2047324614519652484 – Phoenix LiveDebugger hits v1.0 — Software Mansion announces the milestone release, signaling a shift from active development to maintenance. They consider it feature-complete.
• https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/live-debugger-tour – LiveDebugger Tour — an interactive, hands-on tutorial launched alongside v1.0 to walk users through everything LiveDebugger has to offer.
• https://x.com/swmansionelixir/status/2046960595455369469 – LiveStash v0.2.0 released by Software Mansion — a new version shaped by API feedback, with v0.3.0 teasing Redis & Mnesia adapters.
• https://hex.pm/packages/live_stash – LiveStash on Hex.pm — the package that solves Phoenix LiveView's state loss during WebSocket reconnects.
• https://live-stash-demo.swmansion.com/ – Interactive demo site for LiveStash.
• https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/live-stash – LiveStash GitHub repository.
• https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/live-stash/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md – LiveStash changelog detailing v0.2.0 changes.
• https://x.com/germsvel/status/2046896967330955336 – German Velasco announces that his TestingLiveView.com course is now free for the community.
• https://www.testingliveview.com/ – TestingLiveView.com — a deep-dive course on testing Phoenix LiveView, now free.
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvQQYdm3-Eoi6aZFyCngEFKHNL2f92gpI – YouTube playlist for the TestingLiveView course, with videos, explanations, and code samples for each lesson.
• https://thinkingelixir.com/available-courses/index.html – ThinkingElixir.com courses — also made free when Mark's focus shifted, similarly giving back to the Elixir community.
• https://x.com/dan_note/status/2046539535287287862 – Volt reaches v0.8.0 — the Elixir-native frontend build tool adds a mix igniter command to migrate projects from esbuild + Tailwind with no Node.js required.
• https://github.com/elixir-volt/volt – Volt GitHub repository — an Elixir-native frontend build tool supporting JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue SFCs, and CSS with a dev server, HMR, and production builds.
• https://x.com/FrancescoC/status/2047325522330312880 – Francesco Cesarini announces he is leaving Erlang Solutions, where he served as Founder & Technical Director.
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/francescocesarini_this-is-my-last-week-at-erlang-solutions-share-7453064615325900800-Gfcv/ – Francesco Cesarini's LinkedIn post about his departure from Erlang Solutions, noting he will remain involved in the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation (EEF) and the community.

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