Papillon6814
Hi! I’m wondering if I should use formatter of elixir. I have never used any formatters in past projects.
So do you use formatter? And why do you use it?
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OvermindDL1
I still use the formatter even though I really really hate some of the things it does (like no trailing comma’s on multi-line things) just for consistency with what everyone else expects. I do the same with rust’s formatter and C++ formatting via clang and others as well. I may do some slight tweaks in configs (hard tabs instead of spaces because screw 3+width indentations when I’m in a terminal) when possible, but otherwise try to keep it as ‘vanilla’ as I can. It makes it easier for other people to look at and PR to your code.
dimitarvp
For my Elixir, Rust, JavaScript, JSON and OCaml editing I use formatters even if I don’t like all of their decisions how things should look like.
Truth is, our code will be read by other people so I prefer to be a good citizen.
dmitrykleymenov
For me it’s just a question of habit, more using formatter, more getting used to it and more loving things it does.
John-Goff
I love using the formatter, and specifically format on save in my editor, because it allows me to see if my code is right as it happens. If I save my file and everything snaps into place, I know I did things right. If it doesn’t, I know that I have a syntax error somewhere in the code I just wrote. Saves me from flicking back and forth to the server and my editor.
dimitarvp
Same, and I absolutely love it.
vinibrl
I use even though I don’t agree with every decision, but to maintain consistency. We also use
mix format --check-formattedon CI to ensure the code is formatted.a8t
yes. formatting is for computers to worry about, not me and certainly not a whole team. That’s the important part, the consistency.
ditto on using format-on-save to quickly let me know if I biffed it with a syntax blunder or something!
brightball
I do. I have it setup to run in VSCode on save and my team uses Committee to run it as a precommit hook.
APB9785
You all have inspired me to start using the format-on-save Atom plugin!
strzibny
Yes, absolutely. We even fail CI build if the code is not formatted. My code is formatted in my editor on save.