🔗 Installing JS dependencies through mix

When trying to install JavaScript dependencies for Phoenix without npm, a user attempted to add phoenix-custom-event-hook as a git dependency in mix.exs. Despite successfully cloning the dependency with mix deps.get, an error arose when importing it in app.js, indicating that the path could not be resolved. This error highlights the challenge of integrating non-npm packages into Phoenix applications.

Community members discussed potential solutions, including the absence of necessary dist/* files in the GitHub repository and the suggestion to obtain an ESM copy. This scenario reveals the complexities developers face when managing JavaScript dependencies through Elixir’s build tools and underscores the need for proper file availability in npm packages.