phoenix-framework Getting started with phoenix-framework Running Elixir/Phoenix on OSX

Example

Elixir / Phoenix

Install Homebrew first:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Then running brew install elixir will install both Elixir and it's dependency - Erlang.

Install mix with mix local.hex.

Install Phoenix as per instructions:

mix archive.install https://github.com/phoenixframework/archives/raw/master/phoenix_new.ez

Node.js

You can install and manage your Node.js versions with NVM. Install nvm with:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.4/install.sh | bash

If curl is not available, you can install it with brew install curl. Then run:

nvm install node

to download and compile and latest version of Node.js.

Database

Download Postgres.app and run it. When you create your Phoenix project, in your config/dev.exs file, you just need to supply a name for your database - the adapter will use default values for the rest:

config :myphoenixapp, MyPhoenixApp.Repo,
  adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres,
  database: "myphoenixapp_dev",
  hostname: "localhost",
  pool_size: 10