Margaret

Margaret

Editor at PragProg

AMA with: Zach Daniel and Rebecca Le (codebar Winter Lit Fest)

Ask Me Anything with
Zach Daniel and Rebecca Le
@zachdaniel and @sevenseacat

On February 24 and 25, we are giving you a chance to ask questions of PragProg authors Zach Daniel and Rebecca Le as part of our Winter Literary Festival in partnership with codebar.

Rebecca Le is a member of the Ash Framework core team. She is a coauthor of Rails 4 in Action and has many years of experience in building web applications.

Zach Daniel is an experienced software engineer and the creator of Ash Framework. He has a passion for declarative design, functional programming, and contributing to the open source community.

Zach Daniel and Rebecca Le are the authors of Ash Framework. Ask them about programming, Ash, Elixir, or anything else—really!

Everyone commenting or asking a question will automatically be entered into a drawing to win one of the authors’ books.

In addition, from February 24 to March 2, as part of our Winter Literary Festival with codebar, you can use promo code 2025WinterFest to save 40 percent on purchases at pragprog.com. We’ll donate 20 percent of the net income from the promotion back to codebar after the event.

Offer not valid where prohibited or restricted. Offer not valid on previous purchases. The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition is not eligible for discounts, as we do not publish it.

Hit Reply to post your question below. The authors will check in periodically to answer your questions.

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zachdaniel

zachdaniel

Creator of Ash Framework

I love this idea. A “getting started cheat sheet” with code snippets for a bunch of the basics would make so much sense. Putting it on my list :smiley:

sevenseacat

sevenseacat

Author of Ash Framework

Hi Heiko,

There is one coming in chapter 9!

And ultimately, there are a lot of things we would have liked to include, but we simply couldn’t include everything - otherwise we’d never be finished! A lot of ideas had to be cut, that may be written up as extra blog posts or guides later. Stay tuned! :v:

swrenn

swrenn

I’ve just started exploring Ash. I love the idea and bought the book immediately. I finished the first chapter this morning. I’ve also peeked at the documentation and loaded the Livebook. You’ve put a lot of effort into helping people get to know the framework, and I appreciate it.

I did find myself looking for a cheatsheet or other high-level map of the territory and didn’t notice one. Is that something you might provide? Something like a one-page overview of the pieces, how they fit together, and how they integrate with other frameworks like Phoenix. That might help learners orient themselves as they explore.

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