Elixir is a functional programming language, built on top the Erlang VM and leveraging its OTP Framework which allows Elixir to be a great language for concurrent and reliable applications.

1. Download Elixir, iex, and asdf (an Elixir and Erlang Version Manager)
2. Follow this guide to install the required versions of Elixir and Erlang using asdf
3. Follow this guide to install Phoenix
4. Clone this repo with git clone [email protected]:matthewfollegot/Elixir-Hangman.git if using SSH or git clone https://github.com/matthewfollegot/Elixir-Hangman.git if using HTTPS
5. Run mix deps.get & mix compile
6. To play the game locally on the CLI run iex -S mix in hangman/
7. In http_client/ run mix phx.server to launch the server