Sala (2018) is an online application that provides you with a private room for watching videos with your friends, colleagues, or anyone else. Share the link and every action is synchronized automatically with everyone.
No need to tell anyone to pause the video -- just pause!
You will need to have Elixir and Node installed. One option is using asdf.
You will first run the server:
cd servermix deps.getiex -S mix phx.server
In another terminal, you will start the client:
cd clientyarnyarn start
For further instructions, please see the README in both directories.
The purpose of Sala was threefold:
- To learn about React functional components, which at the time back in 2018, was still only available in an alpha release of React.
- To learn about Elixir's (BEAM's) "let it crash" philosophy.
- To get a better understanding of hosting a project and the CI/CD process.
It ended up being a valuable learning experience, especially learning how Elixir works with its supervisor trees, leaving a good impression. I ended up using the project at a job interview to express my thought process and skills, where I got an offer and accepted it.