ksunair / phoenixexample

AuctionUmberlla

** Setup environments for windows **

1. Install Erlang and Elixir - https://elixir-lang.org/install.html#windows
2. check elixir installed by running elixir --version (at the command prompt)
3. Install npm if it is not installed https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm
4. Install postgres https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads#windows
5. I preferred visual code to edit Phoenix project as it has ton of great extensions https://code.visualstudio.com/
6. clone the code
7. In the root directory mix do deps.get
8. Create database and tables mix do ecto.create, mix ecto.migrate
9. Go to auction_web/assets run 'npm install' <- without it you will not see images and scripts run
10. Go to auction_web folder and start the server mix phx.server
11. Open browser and go to http://localhost:4000/api/items

** Things to watch out for windows users

1. If you install something and PATH gets updated,
   • Restart VS Code
   • Restart any CMD/PS
2. during unit testing in Windows one need to do the following
   • set "MIX_ENV=test" && mix do ecto.create, mix ecto.migrate