GeoRacer: Building a real-time multiplayer mobile game in Elixir in 6 weeks.

#Code BEAM SF 2020

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Phoenix Phrenzy was an app building competition to show off a brand-new feature in the Phoenix web framework called LiveView. LiveView allows developers to build dynamic, real-time web interfaces using only Elixir. Our team wanted to push the boundaries of LiveView, so we built a geo-location based racing game we called GeoRacer and were delighted when our app won. In this session, we'll share the story of building GeoRacer and show how LiveView can give you web app building super powers.

THIS TALK IN THREE WORDS

Elixir

LiveView

Real-Time

OBJECTIVES

Show how we leverage Phoenix and LiveView to build a rich native app experience
Demonstrate the power and performance LiveView in building real-time interactions
Explore what we learn from building Geo Racer and how we hope to use LiveView in the future

TARGET AUDIENCE

Elixir/Erlang developers wanting to build web or mobile apps without needing a JS framework

Beau Heubach

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