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The Importance of Language Servers
lexical LS is a language server that runs on your computer. Your editor connects to it and speaks JSON RPC as you would a web service. The document typically is a Elixir file or any code in a programming language. And then the server takes the document and then your editor will broadcast changes, things happen like it gets compiled,. Then warnings are emitted or errors are emittedor suggestions for how to change the code.
Language Servers underpin the language specific support we rely on in modern code editors. Lately, there have been new efforts in this area in the Elixir community. We talk with Steve Cohen about his project Lexical LS to learn about his new Elixir Language Server, how long he's been at it, and what it can do today. We learn about some of the technical challenges when creating a tool like this, and why there's still room for new projects in this area. Steve explains how Lexical LS is architected and that it is a goal to be easy to contribute to and work on the Lexical project itself. Time to give it a try!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/161
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