Elixir Snippet Compiler / Debugger For Visual Studio Code?

[sasajuric]

@Emily

Anyone know of a Visual Studio Code extension that will compile the current open Elixir window without having to type out the compile command each time?

Not exactly what you’re looking for, but maybe this could be extended?

@Emily

I’m looking for some kind of bridge to quick test a function without writing a formal test or running all the code in the file. And a quick way to iterate writing a small piece of code, running a quick test of that snippet, then writing the entire module, finally building a formal test. Basically a way to iterate between writing & running code without friction or extra keystrokes.

You can have an .exs file and run it with elixir your_file_name.exs. You don’t need modules or functions in that (but you can have them if you want). This is what I personally use for quick iterations/experiments.

So combining that with the previous link, I guess (but don’t know for sure, since I’m not familiar with VSCode) that it should be possible to create a task which runs the current file using the elixir command and outputs the result.