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# generate a new context Todos with a database table Items. This table will have fields
# description:string 
# priority:string
# is_done:boolean

mix phx.gen.live Todos Item items description:string priority:string is_done:boolean

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# scaffold the todos UI app
npx create-react-app todos-ui

# move into the newly created directory
cd todos-ui

# install all dependencies
yarn

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# create a new todo item
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"item":{"description":"learn elixir", "priority":1, "is_complete": false }}' http://localhost:4000/api/items

# list items
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET http://localhost:4000/api/items

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# in dev.ex, under 
config :todos_api ...
  debug_errors: false,
  ...

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# generate context & controller for a JSON resource
# this will create a migration that when run will create a table for items
# this table has a description, a priority level and a flag for whether the task is complete
mix phx.gen.json TodoItem Item items description:string priority:integer is_complete:boolean

# to run the migration we will use ecto again
mix ecto.migrate

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# run all tests
mix test

# fire up the server
# by default the server will be listening on http://localhost:4000
mix phx.server

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# generate a new app in a directory called todos-json-api
# namespaced under ToDosApi, & no html or webpack will scaffolded
mix phx.new todos-json-api --app todos_api --module ToDosApi --no-html --no-webpack

# go into newly created directory
cd todos-json-api

# create the database
mix ecto.create

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# To install postgres
brew update
brew install postgres

# To create new user (necessary step before you can create a database):
createuser -d postgres

# To start up postgres:
brew services start postgresql

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license: mit

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license: mit