I’m sure this has been asked a thousand times but I’m having trouble finding anything. We currently have a project that doesn’t use Phoenix but does need template/view support. I haven’t found any standalone libraries that provide this functionality but figured I may just not be using the right key…

@anthonator hi! With the tradeoff of being “that guy”, similar to you, maybe you have been asked a thousand times, but I don’t know about all those times… :slight_smile: but: is there any way you can move the current project inside a new phoenix app? I understand this may not feasible. But, as you…

Thanks for the feedback. Our app has no need for Phoenix. It doesn’t require any sort of HTTP/web support.

No worries, interesting use case. So no web support, just templating?

As @LostKobrakai said, EEx comes with Elixir itself. If that gives you what you want EEx — EEx v1.20.2

True, I can use EEx by itself but I find it’s usage cumbersome compared to the templating support that Phoenix provides. Perhaps I haven’t found a pattern that I like using plain EEx.

you might want to look at ErlDTL which gives you django templates that compile down to a module.

Thanks for the suggestion. I’d prefer to stay in Elixir land so any non-EEx templating is a non-starter.

I do not know if I’m getting it right, but a little wrapper around EEx’s compile_file would be enough, no?

Here’s what I’ve come up with for now. defmodule MyApp.Views.PasswordReset do require EEx @root "lib/myapp/templates/password_reset" EEx.function_from_file(:def, :request, Path.join(@root, "request.html.eex"), [:assigns]) end

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LostKobrakai February 4, 2020, 10:09pm 4

I’m wondering what part of Phoenix do you actually need over plain EEx?