Couple of questions (maybe for @chrismccord?):
- Are docs available online for 1.4.0-rc.0?
- Will devs be able to install previous phoenix releases using the
mix archive.install hex phx_new XXXXsyntax?
OldhamMade
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adrianrl
I wonder if it is possible to implement a command for custom boilerplates? This way, everyone can have its own setup for new generated apps, and share them with the community. Let’s say, I want React + Redux + Bulma as my frontend libraries. So I run:
mix phx.new --template https://github.com/foobar/react-redux-bulma-starter
And I get all setup and ready right out-of-the-box. It’s just a quickly idea, but we can think about it, this flexibility would be awesome.
BuckleScript / ReasonML already has something like this: Installation · Reason
BTW, congrats for the release.
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Ankhers
Why not just create your own mix task, similar to how the current phoenix generator work, and share that with the community?
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brightball
Granted, I haven’t looked…but I thought I remember seeing that the boilerplate templates could be modified if you wanted to…I could be blurring that thought though.
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adrianrl
I’m fine with just copying my custom setup to replace Phoenix’s files. But those things are great to have it with the official installation, not a custom task that probably nobody would use.
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Ankhers
Why is it better to have it with the official installation? If I install a new archive I can just run mix phx.new.foo where foo is whatever I decide to call this specific generator. If I have to specify a template, I now need to look it up every time I want to use that specific template. I personally think the ergonomics are a bit easier if I just install an archive.
Of course instead of having a generator or template thing attached to the official generators, someone could just maintain a git repo as a “starter pack”. The only immediate downside I see to this is you would need to change the module / folder names to correspond with your project name.
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abtrapp
Yes. Until “>= 1.5” will be released we have some months of joy 
- have bought the “old” book a few months ago. But the new stuff in the 1.4 framework is definitively worth the price of the new book 
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chrismccord
Creator of Phoenix
- Phoenix v1.4.0-rc.0 – Documentation
- We don’t plan to release older archives on hex, but they can continue to be installed via the Github URL
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peerreynders
chrismccord
Creator of Phoenix
There have been other discussions around this if you search the old mailing list or issues. The tldr; is supporting something like --template means we as the Phoenix team must be careful about maintaining compatibility as we update our generators. This isn’t a burden we want to take on as maintainers, especially when contributors have first-class mix tooling to generate their own projects as they see fit.
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