Console aliases short and simple

elixir/20170420_console.md

@@ -5,36 +5,20 @@ production server to debug a problem (in which case it's not an `iex -S mix` but
 
 When I do this, I always need to alias a lot of stuff or type a lot of prefixed modules, which is tiresome.
 
-To avoid this, I have made a `Console` helper module in most of my projects.
+To avoid this, I have made a file with aliases and imports in most of my projects.
 
 It looks something like this
 
 ```elixir
-# lib/my_app/console.ex
-defmodule MyApp.Console do
-  @moduledoc """
-  Makes it easier to work in a console.
-
-  Usage:
-
-      use MyApp.Console
-
-  Aliases common modules and imports Ecto.Query
-  """
-
-  defmacro __using__([]) do
-    quote do
-      alias MyApp.Account
-      alias MyApp.User
-      # ... more commonly used modules here
-
-      alias MyApp.Repo
-      import Ecto.Query
-      import Ecto.Changeset
-      :ok
-    end
-  end
-end
+# my_project/.iex.exs
+
+alias MyApp.Account
+alias MyApp.User
+# ... more commonly used modules here
+
+alias MyApp.Repo
+import Ecto.Query
+import Ecto.Changeset
 ```
 
-When I then start an interactive shell, I just `use MyApp.Console` and everything is aliased for me.
+When I then start an interactive shell, this file is automatically loaded and everything is aliased for me.