Having spent some time away, I wanted to do a little investigation into how Phoenix has changed over the past few versions, I was mainly interested in:
- What has changed in the project structure?
- Which bits of web technology (by which I mainly mean JavaScript/CSS) have come and gone?
- How have the various dependencies/versions thereof evolved?
- What was the story of channels and LiveView?
I've certainly found it interesting to look through the commits to see changes version to version. Unfortunately I got caught out with {:phoenix, "~> 1.x.x"} and so missed early verions in the 1.5.x range. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in Phoenix 1.7 after Chris's tantalising LiveView 0.18 Blog.
> mix archive.install hex phx_new 1.6.14
Resolving Hex dependencies...
Dependency resolution completed:
New:
phx_new 1.6.14
* Getting phx_new (Hex package)
All dependencies are up to date
Compiling 11 files (.ex)
Generated phx_new app
Generated archive "phx_new-1.6.14.ez" with MIX_ENV=prod
Found existing entry: /Users/gareth/.asdf/installs/elixir/1.14.0-otp-25/.mix/archives/phx_new-1.6.0
Are you sure you want to replace it with "phx_new-1.6.14.ez"? [Yn]
* creating /Users/gareth/.asdf/installs/elixir/1.14.0-otp-25/.mix/archives/phx_new-1.6.14
> mix phx.new phoenix_evolution
The directory /Volumes/Code/simplyanalytical/phoenix_evolution already exists. Are you sure you want to continue? [Yn]
* creating phoenix_evolution/config/config.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/config/dev.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/config/prod.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/config/runtime.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/config/test.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution/application.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/views/error_helpers.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/views/error_view.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/endpoint.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/router.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/telemetry.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/mix.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/README.md
* creating phoenix_evolution/.formatter.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/.gitignore
* creating phoenix_evolution/test/support/conn_case.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/test/test_helper.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/test/phoenix_evolution_web/views/error_view_test.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution/repo.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/priv/repo/migrations/.formatter.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/priv/repo/seeds.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/test/support/data_case.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/controllers/page_controller.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/views/page_view.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/test/phoenix_evolution_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/test/phoenix_evolution_web/views/page_view_test.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/assets/vendor/topbar.js
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/templates/layout/root.html.heex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/templates/layout/app.html.heex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/templates/layout/live.html.heex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/views/layout_view.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/templates/page/index.html.heex
* creating phoenix_evolution/test/phoenix_evolution_web/views/layout_view_test.exs
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution/mailer.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/lib/phoenix_evolution_web/gettext.ex
* creating phoenix_evolution/priv/gettext/en/LC_MESSAGES/errors.po
* creating phoenix_evolution/priv/gettext/errors.pot
* creating phoenix_evolution/assets/css/phoenix.css
* creating phoenix_evolution/assets/css/app.css
* creating phoenix_evolution/assets/js/app.js
* creating phoenix_evolution/priv/static/robots.txt
* creating phoenix_evolution/priv/static/images/phoenix.png
* creating phoenix_evolution/priv/static/favicon.ico
Fetch and install dependencies? [Yn]
* running mix deps.get
* running mix deps.compile
We are almost there! The following steps are missing:
$ cd phoenix_evolution
Then configure your database in config/dev.exs and run:
$ mix ecto.create
Start your Phoenix app with:
$ mix phx.server
You can also run your app inside IEx (Interactive Elixir) as:
$ iex -S mix phx.server