Funny Konstantin  
Just discovered something really cool about #elixir.

Using IEx (the interactive elixir terminal app), it's possible to install and test any package without having to create a project.

So, for example, let's imagine you need to quickly play with a library. In IEx, you can run `Mix.install([{library_name: 1.0.0}])` and voilΓ , it's ready for use! I discovered this earlier when I wanted to see what methods are available inside EU's VAT check SOAP endpoint, and there is a library called elixir-soap that can help... πŸš€

PS. If the library requires some configuration, there is Application.put_env/2 that can help set that up (so no need to create config.exs).
May 18, 2023 at 9:52pmWeb
Show threadschnittchen πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆβ€‹ πŸ”œ GPN, FSCKMay 18, 2023
@konstantin Mix.install is also great for scripts (which I also like to use for trying things out)
Show threadFunny Konstantin  May 18, 2023
@schnittchen Indeed, .exs files are awesome for playing with things or even creating reusable scripts. Recently, I've been trying Livebook more and more as it allows for some fancy visualizations.
Show threadschnittchen πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆβ€‹ πŸ”œ GPN, FSCKMay 19, 2023
@konstantin I shall try that out as well
Show threadMichaΕ‚ SzajbeMay 23, 2023

@konstantin It’s also very useful when writing scripts with elixir

#!/usr/bin/env elixir Mix.install(...)
Show threadFunny Konstantin  May 24, 2023
@szajbus yes, I love that! It makes it very easy to use Elixir for all kinds of things on a system. For a cloud app I've been working on, I initially went with bash for the deployment script (that installs it on a VPS node) but later I migrated to using exs!