Do you use formatter in your elixir project?

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.

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.

For me it’s just a question of habit, more using formatter, more getting used to it and more loving things it does.

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.

Same, and I absolutely love it.

I use even though I don’t agree with every decision, but to maintain consistency. We also use mix format --check-formatted on CI to ensure the code is formatted.

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!

I do. I have it setup to run in VSCode on save and my team uses Committee to run it as a precommit hook.

You all have inspired me to start using the format-on-save Atom plugin!

Yes, absolutely. We even fail CI build if the code is not formatted. My code is formatted in my editor on save.