Phoenix·Phoenix essentials

Controllers

Controllers render HTML or JSON through views.

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What you will be able to do
  • Actions return conn.
  • Use render.
  • Use Plug for middleware.

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Controllers render HTML or JSON through views.

  • Actions return conn.
  • Use render.
  • Use Plug for middleware.
course_controller.exELIXIR
def index(conn, _params) do
  json(conn, [%{slug: "css"}])
end
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