Day 1: Introduction to Phoenix

**Morning: Overview of Phoenix Framework**

- What is Phoenix? Understanding its place in the web development landscape.

- Why choose Phoenix? Performance, scalability, real-time capabilities.

- Key features: Speed, productivity, real-time communication.

**Morning: Installing Elixir and Phoenix**

- Installing Erlang and Elixir on your system.

- Setting up Phoenix: `mix archive.install hex phx_new`

- Verifying the installation.

**Morning: Setting up the Development Environment**

- Choosing an IDE or text editor (VS Code, IntelliJ, etc.).

- Installing Elixir and Phoenix extensions or plugins.

- Setting up version control with Git.

**Afternoon: Creating Your First Phoenix Project**

- Generating a new project: `mix phx.new hello_phoenix`

- Navigating the project directory.

- Starting the Phoenix server: `mix phx.server`

**Afternoon: Project Structure Overview**

- Understanding the purpose of key directories and files:

Day 2: Understanding the MVC Architecture

**Morning: Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern in Phoenix**

- What is MVC?

- How Phoenix implements MVC.

**Morning: Generating a New Context, Schema, and Migration**

- Creating a context: `mix phx.gen.context Blog Post posts title:string body:text`

- Understanding contexts.

- Running migrations: `mix ecto.migrate`

**Afternoon: Creating and Using Ecto Schemas**

- Defining schemas and their fields.

- Setting up associations between schemas.

- Validations and constraints.

**Afternoon: Interacting with the Database Using Ecto**

- Basic Ecto queries (insert, update, delete).

- Fetching data with Ecto.

**Afternoon: Setting Up a Simple Form to Create a New Post**

- Creating a new controller and view.

- Defining routes for new and create actions.

- Handling form submissions.

**Homework: Creating a New Context and Schema for Comments on Posts**

- Generate a context for comments.

- Create and run migrations for comments.

- Define associations between posts and comments.