A thread for helper libraries

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Hey there, Elixir peeps! :waving_hand:

I’m curious about the helper libraries you’ve been using in your Elixir projects lately. What gems have you discovered that have made your life easier?

The goal is to create a thread that helps our community discover these useful tools. So, please share:

  1. The name of the library
  2. What it does
  3. How it’s helped you in your work
  4. the category you would put it into.

Let’s build a resource that showcases the diversity and ingenuity of our Elixir ecosystem. Your contributions could really help fellow developers find just the right tool for their next project!

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I’ll post the first

  1. Mishka developer tools
  2. GuardedStruct module does module validation
  3. …
  4. validations_on_structs
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  1. Typed Struct
  2. struct definition, type definition does really well. small library.
  3. but lacks integration with ecto.
  4. struct definition
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  1. The name of the library: CompareChain
  2. What it does: allows you to compare with operators, e.g. compare?(start < finish, DateTime)
  3. How it’s helped you in your work: don’t have to second guess myself when doing date/time/datetime/decimal comparisons
  4. the category you would put it into: comparisons
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  1. Periodic
  2. Invoke jobs defined within time intervals. You can choose how to deal with overlapping jobs and more.
  3. An easy to use but robust job scheduler. Great tool, I found it super useful in all projects where I found Oban (which is also superior) a bit of an overkill.
  4. Scheduler
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