Has been rather a while since I last blogged. And this update is rather technical so if you’re not into databases or Elixir programming, look away.
Largely documenting a solution to a rather cryptic error I encountered setting up a PostgreSQL database on Elixir Phoenix. Hope it helps someone!
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If you’re a fan of the Phoenix web framework, written in Elixir, you’ll know I blog a little about it.
Here is the long overdue second installment in my Elixir/Phoenix Mix Tips series.
As previously covered, you can use the following command to update an Elixir package hosted on package manager Hex:
mix deps.unlock out_of_date_dependency
And you can also use the handy mix deps.outdated to find out which packages require updating.
But what if you would like to clean out your mix.lock file?
Here comes the first in a series of blog posts on using Mix with your Elixir project.
Did you know you can update individual Elixir libraries using the outstanding build tool and dependency manager that is Mix?
I didn’t either.
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