Ecto Patterns for Phoenix/Elixir

What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides best practices and code examples for using Ecto, the data layer for Phoenix applications, ensuring efficient, maintainable, and robust data management.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Schemas and Changesets: Define data structures and validation logic.
• Migrations: Manage database schema changes safely and effectively.
• Queries and Preloads: Optimize data retrieval and avoid N+1 query problems.
• Transactions and Ecto.Multi: Handle multi-step workflows and side effects atomically.
• Associations and Constraints: Properly define relationships and enforce data integrity.
• Pagination and Filtering: Implement efficient data listing and searching.
• Multi-Tenancy Patterns: Strategies for isolating data across multiple tenants.
• Performance and Ops: Tips for optimizing Ecto performance and monitoring.
• Testing: Guidance on writing effective tests for Ecto code.
• Use Case: A developer building a Phoenix application needs to implement user registration with email validation, password hashing, and organization creation in a single, transactional step. This Skill provides the Ecto patterns to achieve this reliably.

Quick Start

Use the Ecto Patterns skill to generate a user registration changeset with email validation and password hashing.