It's possible to experiment with this by creating a custom mix task, installing it as an archive and then running `iex -S mix try.package ...`.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 11:47 AM Abdullah Esmail <abdullah.esm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I believe it would be extremely helpful to old and new elixir developers > to be able to try out packages without the need to create a whole project. > Developers coming from different backgrounds (python, ruby, etc) are used > to getting into the interactive shell and just importing/requiring the > package they need and start playing with it. > > I don't know if this is technically possible with iex, but it would > definitely change how I work with elixir in general. > > Something like: > iex --hex <package1> <package2> > > Even if it takes longer to start, at least I could try those packages > without creating a dummy project and including those packages as > dependencies and then compiling everything. > One command to rule them all. > > Maybe `iex --hex` could create a temporary dummy project behind the scenes? > > For what it's worth, I'd be *very* willing to help work on implementing > this if it's going to happen. > > I apologize if this has been discussed or brought up before. I couldn't > find a similar topic. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/40ef0ab9-7d92-4601-b445-de7c5796c046o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/40ef0ab9-7d92-4601-b445-de7c5796c046o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Best regards Alexei Sholik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAAPY6eO4AD_1YK9eSLo9iybWz2F2w3N9G3Pj8534vuPLwcRiDg%40mail.gmail.com.
