When I was a kid I went through a phase where I was pretty into magic. I learned some simple card tricks and bought a couple of cheap props such as a disappearing vase and a fake thumb. Not being content with simple tricks, I remember asking my Dad if there was such a thing as "real" magic. He replied there was magic everywhere; as proof he whipped out a calculator and exclaimed how amazing it was that a little device could be so powerful. Magic was everywhere in technology! I admit to not being very impressed at the time… however nowadays with Phoenix and Elixir I've become a convert, I feel the magic!

Today we'll build out a small application that brings together the magic of LiveView, PubSub, and Oban. For our application we're going to revisit a classic 80's movie, ET. We'll write an application to help a group of stranded extraterrestrials "phone home" and get back to their planet.

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