Eric Farkas

I've begun tinkering with Elixir and the Phoenix framework. The guides on the Phoenix site seem to be slightly out of date, so I thought it'd be helpful to post a quick start guide. I am running OS X 10.10.3.

1 - Install Elixir via Homebrew

$ brew install elixir

The latest version as of today is `1.0.4`. Along with Elixir comes Mix.

Mix is a build tool that provides tasks for creating, compiling, testing Elixir projects, as well as handle dependencies, and more.

2 - Install Hex

Hex is a package manager for the Erlang ecosystem.

$ mix local.hex

3 - Install latest version of Phoenix

As of today, the latest Phoenix release is `v0.13.1`. Check the project's Releases page to be sure you're going to install the latest version.

$ mix archive.install https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/releases/download/v0.13.1/phoenix_new-0.13.1.ez

4 - Create your Phoenix app

By default, your app will be created in the same directory you're in when you run this command:

$ mix phoenix.new phoenix_test_app

Specifying an absolute path also works:

$ mix phoenix.new /path/to/my/phoenix_test_app

Be sure to type "Y" when prompted to install all dependencies.

5 - Start the web server</h5>

$ cd phoenix_test_app
$ mix phoenix.server

Open your browser and visit http://localhost:4000. You should see the following: