# Run code directly in Atom?

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/run-code-directly-in-atom/16220>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** atom\
**Created:** [August 31, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/run-code-directly-in-atom/16220 "2018-08-31T21:01:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![leifericf](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/leifericf/32/39367_2.png) [@leifericf](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/leifericf)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/run-code-directly-in-atom/16220/5 "2018-09-01T07:05:14Z")

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I don’t know about Atom, but it was possible in Sublime Text 3 via a the most popular REPL plugin. So I suppose it should be doable somehow in Atom as well. I have switched to VS Code now, though, due to the superior intellisense-like features implemented by the awesome elixir-ls plugin.

> [@ElixirLS - the Elixir Language Server](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/introducing-elixirls-the-elixir-language-server/5857):
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> TL;DR: I’ve just released an implementation of Microsoft’s IDE-independent [Language Server Protocol](https://github.com/Microsoft/language-server-protocol) for Elixir. It adds language support and debugger integration to VS Code, and can (in theory) be used by other IDEs, too. Cross-posting this from my new blog [here](https://medium.com/@JakeBeckerCode/introducing-elixirls-the-elixir-language-server-d449bbbdfc01). I’ve been spoiled by good IDEs. Once you’ve gotten used to an IDE like RubyMine or IntelliJ IDEA, it’s hard to go back to just using text editors. Elixir has an open-source IntelliJ plugin, IntelliJ Elixir, and it’s quite good. A few …

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