treble37/cortex

The intelligent coding assistant for Elixir

Cortex is the intelligent coding assistant for Elixir.

• Compiles and reloads modified files
• Automatically runs the appropriate tests at the appropriate time
• Accepts pluggable adapters for custom builds

Demo

Installation

Getting started with Cortex is easy. Add the following to your mix.exs file:

def deps do
  [
    {:cortex, "~> 0.1", only: [:dev, :test]},
  ]
end

Usage

Cortex runs automatically along-side your mix app.

iex -S mix

This is enough to get live-reload on file change when editing your app.

Test Runner

When you run your app with MIX_ENV=test, Cortex will automatically run tests for saved test files, as well as tests paired with saved files in lib.

MIX_ENV=test iex -S mix

Umbrella Applications

If you're running an umbrella application, add Cortex to the dependencies of each of the sub-apps that you would like Cortex to monitor. Do this instead of adding it as a dependency in the root mix.exs file.

This is necessary because dependencies in the root mix.exs in umbrella application are not automatically started, which is a process that Cortex depends on.

Roadmap

• Reload Modules
• Rerun tests
• Credo runner
• Dialyzer runner
• ExDash runner
• Custom mix task runner
• Cortex 'focus' mode
• Broader OTP reload support