Phoenix Codespace Template

A Github Codespace template for setting up an Elixir & Phoenix Framework project.

New Repository Setup

Click the green Use this template button to create a repository for your project with the .devcontainer folder included. Next, clone it locally to work from your machine or click the green Code button to create a new codespace to do cloud editing.

New Phoenix Project Via Codespace

Codespaces have terminal access allowing you to run commands such as iex, mix, node, and npm.

Run the following command from the terminal:

mix phx.new . --app your_app_name

Important notes:

1. The . in the command instructs phx.new to generate the project in the current working directory which will be the root of the repository.
2. As of Phoenix 1.6, LiveView is enabled by default therefore you no longer need to pass in the --live flag. See mix phx.new options for additional flags to customize your project creation.

Phonex Project & Codespace Configuration

There are 3 files within the .devcontainer folder: docker-compose.yml describes the projects services and dictatest the Elixir, Phoenix & Postgres versions:

• EX_VERSION - Elixir Version. Default is latest
• PHX_VERSION - Phoenix Version. Default is 1.6.2
• db service - Postgres Version. Default is latest via postgres:latest