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by johnisgood 733 days ago
So, I could build an e-commerce website in Elixir using Phoenix, similarly to how I could do this in PHP?

Would something like:

  $ mix archive.install hex phx_new
  $ mix phx.new your_project_name --no-html --no-webpack
work? With all the JavaScript removed if it still creates any.[1]

[1] I think it does create a .js file at the very least but that is just a configuration file.
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tylrbrkr 733 days ago
Yes, you can build fully server rendered web apps with Phoenix. You'd need HTML templates for that though, so you shouldn't use the --no-html option.

--no-webpack is deprecated as Phoenix uses esbuild now but see the docs: "--no-esbuild - do not include esbuild dependencies and assets. We do not recommend setting this option, unless for API only applications, as doing so requires you to manually add and track JavaScript dependencies"

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johnisgood 733 days ago
If I intend to create an e-commerce website without any JavaScript, may I use "--no-esbuild" given that I do not want to add any JavaScript dependencies? I am trying to replace the e-commerce website I have built using PHP & HTML & CSS (without any JavaScript at all).

I was even considering "--no-assets" and add Tailwind (or whatever else) manually.

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johnisgood 732 days ago
I hope a core developer of Phoenix could help me out here. :/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35928648

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