Setting up VSCode for Elixir Development

Setting up a VSCode environment before tackling the Chapter 13 exercises.

A side-foray into tooling after being away for a few days.

Basic Installation

• Basic Installation from Microsoft.
• Fly.io recommended configuration.
• Thinking Elixir quick start and troubleshooting.

Useful videos:

• Quick ElixirLS highlights tour.

Notes

• If VSCode Intellisense stops,
  1. Close VSCode
  2. rm -rf .elixir_ls from project directory.
  3. Restart VSCode and wait for ElixirLS to run.
• There was apparently a fork of ElixirLS which has now un-forked. Use the one in the VSCode marketplace.

User settings.json

{
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,

    "emmet.includeLanguages": {
        "phoenix-heex": "html"
    },

    "tailwindCSS.includeLanguages": {
        "elixir": "html",
        "phoenix-heex": "html"
    }
}

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