Elisp project best practices

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/emacs

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  • cask

    Project management tool for Emacs

  • modern projects usually use Cask https://github.com/cask/cask

  • melpa

    Recipes and build machinery for the biggest Emacs package repo

  • Observe that package.el compile files when they are installed, and they are not compiled in any particular order (actually whatever directory-files returns, which is what OS returns). So if you have multiple files that depend on each other, it is something to think of. There are also some guidelines on how to structure your project on Melpa.

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  • eldev

    Elisp development tool

  • Even more modern projects use eldev

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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