Is there a Phoenix equivalent to Rails Console

Solution 1:

You can run iex -S mix to run iex with the dependencies in your current mix project included.. You can read about this at http://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/introduction-to-mix.html

From there you can execute Ecto queries:

iex> MyApp.Repo.all(MyApp.User)

Running iex -S mix phx.server will also start the phoenix server.

Solution 2:

For runtime debug, (like byebug or debugger or pry in rails), use

require IEx at the top of your model or controller or views file, then type

IEx.pry to wherever you need it to halt at runtime and continue debugging.

Type h for help inside the console

Most importantly, after all that, restart your server with:

iex -S mix phoenix.server

More info: here