URL shortener application, in the same vein as bitly and tinyurl.

Please refer to notes.txt for more detailed information about the app's design.

We recommend using asdf to manage the Erlang/Elixir versions installed in your system. Please follow these instructions to install the necessary plugins before installing Elixir.

This project uses Docker to manage the app's dependencies. Please follow these instructions to install the Docker runtime in your machine.

You can choose to run the app via Docker compose or in your host machine. If you want to run it via Compose, run make docker-run and the container shall be started.

But if you prefer to run the app in your host machine, run make server instead. This will require that you run make setup first, so the project is correctly configured in your machine.

Note: Remember to check your .env file so the environment variables are correctly configured for either docker or the local server. Some variables may need adjustment, like the DATABASE_URL one.

Now you can visit localhost:8080 from your browser.

The app uses environment variables for runtime configuration. They can be configured locally by edditing the .env file created once you run make setup.