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Install

After you purchased you will receive access to a private github repo.

Once you get access to the private repo, clone it locally and make a copy so that you have a backup.

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Create your app folder

If you are creating an app call “invoicehero”, run the following command inside the termianl your dev folder.

$cp -R /path/to/phoenixjumpstart /path/to/invoicehero

You should now have new folder to work with. This is where you add application specific code.

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Rename the app

You will now need to rename your app from “Phoenixjumpstart” to “Invoicehero”. Cd into “invoicehero” folder and then run this command

$mix rename Phoenixjumpstart Invoicehero

Note The capitalization above.

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Update tailwind.config.js

Open assets/tailwind.config.js and replace all occurences of ‘phoenixjumpstart_web’ with your application name (ex: invoicehero_web).

Note: Working on consolidating the project rename functionality.

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Install dependencies

Next open “mix.exs”, and add any additional dependencies. Next run the following command to install dependencies.

$mix deps.get

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Export environment variables

Make a copy of .env.sample

$cp .env.sample .env

Next add the necessary environment variables inside this file and export the file

$ export .env

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update database connection info

Ensure that you have setup postgres and have connection credentials. Open “config/dev.exs” and add the database credentials

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Setup the database

We are now ready to create the database and run migrations

$mix ecto.create

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Run the Application

Launch the application $iex -S mix phx.server