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  1. entr

    Run arbitrary commands when files change

    entr ("Event Notify Test Runner"; GitHub), is a command-line tool written by Eric Radman that allows running arbitrary commands whenever files change.

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  3. swiss_schema

    A Swiss Army knife for your Ecto schemas

    This is the snippet I use to continuously test my Elixir library SwissSchema while I'm working on it:

  4. Elixir

    Elixir is a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications

    As you might have guessed, one of the main use cases for entr is to rerun tests whenever files change. I'm an Elixir engineer, and I use entr to run mix test continuously whenever I save an Elixir file.

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