Coding LiveView

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Live code builds Conway’s Game of Life on Phoenix LiveView using Elixir, Phoenix channels (WebSockets) and OTP, rendering a 50x50 board entirely server-side with a one‑second tick and server-computed next generations. Claim is no hand-written client JS: diffs get minimized and pushed as HTML patches so the page updates fast, with automatic OTP restarts preserving last good state (OTP restart preserves state). Demo hits runtime errors but runs, illustrating no custom JavaScript.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 10:00Live and Dead
3. 15:00Grid
4. 20:00Rules
5. 25:00Compile
6. 30:00Route
7. 35:00Life
8. 43:00Questions

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