What is codex?
This tool download and cache the source code of packages in your local hackage, it can then use this cache to generate tags files aggregating the sources of all the dependencies of your cabal/stack projects. You basically do `codex update` in your project directory and you'll get a file (codex.tags by default, or TAGS when using emacs format) that you can use in your favorite text editor. Usage overview can be found in the README.
codex is a tool in the Build Automation category of a tech stack.
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codex Alternatives & Comparisons
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NuGet
A free and open-source package manager designed for the Microsoft development platform. It is also distributed as a Visual Studio extension.
RubyGems
It is a package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries, a tool designed to easily manage the installation of gems, and a server for distributing them.
Bower
Bower is a package manager for the web. It offers a generic, unopinionated solution to the problem of front-end package management, while exposing the package dependency model via an API that can be consumed by a more opinionated build stack. There are no system wide dependencies, no dependencies are shared between different apps, and the dependency tree is flat.
