Elixir Online Meetup

This will be focused on the Elixir programming language.

Tonight I will begin setting up a dev environment using Docker containers. I will install Erlang/Elixir and ElixirLS in one container along with a tool called "distant" which allows a remote connection to access/edit files and run processes. To match this I will set up another container with NeoVim and the other half of the "distant" tool.

This will give me an environment where I can use the same NeoVim configuration to access my choice of containers and edit files along with treesitter and Language Servers for syntax highlighting, auto completion, running tests, etc. I can isolate the language and libraries that I'm developing in completely separate from my local environment.

If I have time I will try out a couple NeoVim configurations like LunarVim to find a good starting point in terms of packages and configuration.

Hang out, chat, ask questions, and we can talk about how you like to configure your development environment.