Stateless vs stateful web apps
- George Guimarães
- February 4th, 2016
- phoenix
Learn the technical requirements and implications of running stateful web apps and how Phoenix simplifies your stack compared to frameworks like Rails and Socket.IO.
Learn the technical requirements and implications of running stateful web apps and how Phoenix simplifies your stack compared to frameworks like Rails and Socket.IO.
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