Chapter 1. Command Line

This chapter will cover the following recipes:

• Interactive Elixir (IEx):

  • Using the terminal to prototype and test ideas

  • Loading and compiling modules

  • Getting help and accessing documentation within IEx

  • Using Erlang from Elixir

  • Inspecting your system in IEx

  • Inspecting your system with Observer

• Mix:

  • Creating a simple application

  • Managing dependencies

  • Generating a supervised application

  • Generating umbrella applications

  • Managing application configuration

  • Creating custom Mix tasks