I’m curious why the directory for the application’s source code is named “lib” and not, say, “src” or “app.” Does anyone know the history behind that? It’s not a problem or anything, and I’m sure there’s some reasoning behind it. I just find it a bit odd, since “src” or “app” seems to be the established norm in most other stacks.
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It’s not src because src is used by erlang and mix does support erlang source files if you happen to have ones in that folder.
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And :app also has a meaning.
In the end it does not really matter as far as I am concerned.
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You’re going to have to dig though Mix’ history if nobody brings a first person account on how that pattern had been established.
Mix is the build and project management tool for Elixir. As others mentioned, there is also Erlang conventions and history involved (history that dates back past many a “modern language”).
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Probably copied from Ruby
The default value is “lib”
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Yeah, it makes no practical difference. It was just a curiosity.
