Phoenix development via iex

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Hi,

I am starting developing web pages in phoenix.
now, how do I change attributes in my project using the iex repl? for example, lets say I want to add a

tag, instead of changing directly in the html file, can I do it in iex? or if I want to add another plug, can I do it in iex? any example would be great. thanks

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Not really. You change the file and hopefully you have the reloader configured and the page updates or refreshes.

Technically, you can rewrite modules in IEx but it would be a terrible workflow compared to just editing the file.

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If you’re a fan interactive REPL driven development, iex does provide some handy helper functions.

With your configured editor of choice, open/0 will open the current pry/breakpoint location while open/1 will open and jump to any given module, function, or line in file.

There’s also r/1 that will recompile and reload a specific module.

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