Community

The Elixir and Phoenix communities are friendly and welcoming. All questions and comments are valuable, so please come join the discussion!

There are a number of places to connect with community members at all experience levels.

• We're on Libera IRC in the #elixir channel.

• Feel free to join and check out the #phoenix channel on Discord.

• Read about bug reports or open an issue in the Phoenix issue tracker.

• Ask or answer questions about Phoenix on Elixir Forum or Stack Overflow.

• Follow the Phoenix Framework on Twitter.

Security

For information about security patches and how to report a vulnerability in Phoenix, see the security policy.

To learn about how to secure a web application written with Phoenix, see the security documentation page.

The Erlang Ecosystem Foundation also publishes in-depth documents which are relevant for Erlang, Elixir, and Phoenix developers. These include:

• Web Application Security Best Practices for BEAM languages

• Secure Coding and Deployment Hardening Guidelines

Books

• Programming Phoenix LiveView - Interactive Elixir Web Programming Without Writing Any JavaScript - 2023 (by Bruce Tate and Sophie DeBenedetto)

• Phoenix Tutorial (Phoenix 1.6) - Free to read online

• Real-Time Phoenix - Build Highly Scalable Systems with Channels (by Stephen Bussey - 2020)

• Programming Phoenix 1.4 (by Bruce Tate, Chris McCord, and José Valim - 2019)

• Phoenix in Action (by Geoffrey Lessel - 2019)

• Phoenix Inside Out - Book Series (by Shankar Dhanasekaran - 2017). First book of the series Mastering Phoenix Framework is free to read online

• Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix Rethink the Modern Web App (by Lance Halvorsen - 2017)

Screencasts/Courses

• Full-Stack Phoenix Course (by The Pragmatic Studio - 2025)

• Free Bootcamp: Fullstack Elixir and Phoenix (by TechSchool - 2024)

• Learn Phoenix LiveView (by George Arrowsmith - 2024)

• Phoenix LiveView Course (by The Pragmatic Studio - 2023)

• Build It With Phoenix video course (by Geoffrey Lessel - 2023)

• Free Crash Course: Phoenix LiveView (by Productive Programmer - 2023)

• Phoenix on Rails: Elixir and Phoenix for Ruby on Rails developers (by George Arrowsmith - 2023)

• Groxio LiveView: Self Study Program (by Bruce Tate - 2020)

• Alchemist Camp: Learn Elixir and Phoenix by building (2018-2022)

• The Complete Elixir and Phoenix Bootcamp Master Functional Programming Techniques with Elixir and Phoenix while Learning to Build Compelling Web Applications (by Stephen Grider - 2017)

• Discover Elixir & Phoenix (by Tristan Edwards - 2017)

• Phoenix Framework Tutorial (by Tensor Programming - 2017)

• Getting Started with Phoenix (by Pluralsight - 2017)

• LearnPhoenix.tv: Learn how to Build Fast, Dependable Web Apps with Phoenix (2017)

• LearnPhoenix.io: Build Scalable, Real-Time Apps with Phoenix, React, and React Native (2016)