Phoenix 1.8.0

Elixir Phoenix Vinicius Negrisolo Vinicius Negrisolo

My goal here:

What’s new in Phoenix 1.8.0?

Versions

  • 1.7.0 Nov 2022
  • 1.7.21 Mar 2025
  • 1.8.0-rc.0 Apr 2025
  • 1.8.0-rc.4 Jul 2025

Dependencies

Http client

- https://hexdocs.pm/finch
+ https://hexdocs.pm/req

Html parser (test only)

- https://hexdocs.pm/floki
+ https://hexdocs.pm/lazy_html

JS land => Go to Editor

export PLUG_EDITOR=cursor://file/__FILE__:__LINE__

JS land => Server Logs in Browser

JS land => Inline hooks

CSS land

Authentication

  • new magic link authentication
  • password authentication is optional

Authentication => Scope

  • new Scope module in the place of current_user
defmodule MyApp.Accounts.Scope do
  alias MyApp.Accounts.User
  defstruct user: nil

  def for_user(%User{} = user), do: %__MODULE__{user: user}
  def for_user(nil), do: nil
end

Code Generators

  • Scope
  • PubSub/broadcast
  • inline HEEX in render
  • no more modals

Web

  • new Layouts structure
  • from html.heex files to Heex functional components
  • theme toggle
  • Layout is added explicitly at render
def render(assigns) do
  ~H"""
  <Layouts.app flash={@flash} current_scope={@current_scope}>
    ...
  </Layouts.app>
end

CoreComponents

  • modal was removed => daisyUI
  • simple_form was removed
  • variant was added to the button component

Questions?