TIL: How to install Phoenix 1.4 Dev Beta

Now with Webpack as default asset bundler

Phoenix 1.4, now with webpack as the default asset bundler

Today I was trying to setup the new Phoenix 1.4 dev beta, because of its new default Webpack 4 setup (related: check out our recent post on how Flatiron School optimized Webpack for faster page loads). So I decided to share how to quickly download it and start up a project.

To install the new version, first you should make sure that you have Elixir installed (see Elixir Installation Guide). Also make sure to have Elixir’s package manager installed, too:

$ mix local.hex

If you currently have any previous versions of Phoenix installed, it would be a good idea to remove those with the following command:

$ mix archive.uninstall phx_new

Then run the Phoenix 1.4-dev installation command:

$ mix archive.install https://github.com/phoenixframework/archives/raw/master/1.4-dev/phx_new.ez

You can also install the latest supported version (1.3.3 at the moment) with this command:

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

Next run mix phx.new <app-name>in the terminal and start coding with the newest version of Phoenix.

Resources

1. Phoenix 1.4 Changelog
2. Elixir installation guide

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