Getting Started

Requirement

Elixir 1.4 or newer on UNIX-based OS
Please visit the official Elixir website for installation instructions.
Serum has never been tested on the native Win32 build of Erlang runtime, therefore it won’t work well on that platform. If you need to work on Microsoft Windows, please install Serum on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which comes with the latest version of Windows 10.
To enable the automatic rebuild feature, you’ll need to install an external package depending on your operating system.
- For Linux-based OS (including WSL): Install inotify-tools with the package manager provided by your Linux distribution.
- For macOS: Install fsevent_watch with brew.

Getting Serum

Automatic Installation

From Elixir 1.4, you can now install Serum in one step. Execute the command below in your shell:

% mix escript.install github Dalgona/Serum

The escript will be installed under ~/.mix/escripts directory. Append this directory to your PATH environment variable to easily invoke Serum with serum command.

Manually Building Serum

You can manually fetch the source code and build Serum. Follow the steps below:

Use git to clone the repository.

% git clone https://github.com/Dalgona/Serum.git

Run make to automatically fetch the dependencies and build Serum escript. If the build succeeds, you will see serum executable in the PWD.
(Optional) Execute make install to copy the program into /usr/local/bin/ directory, so that you can use Serum from anywhere.

My First Website

Once you have successfully installed Serum, you can create and test your first website in a few minutes.

Run serum init [directory] to create a new Serum project.
```
% serum init /path/to/project
```
CD into your project directory and type serum build to build your project.
```
% cd /path/to/project
% serum build
```
When the build completes, the root of your website will be created under /path/to/project/site directory. Copy the contents of this directory to your own www directory, or upload them to the external web hosting service.
Or, you can test your project right away by running serum server. The Serum development server is useful when you need to check your website before publishing it.
```
% serum server --port <port>
```
NOTE 1
The server will listen on port 8080 if --port (or -p) option is not specified.
NOTE 2
Always type quit command instead of pressing Control-C to quit the development server.
Open a web brower and navigate to your website (i.e. http://localhost).

Congratulations! Yet it looks empty, you have successfully built your first website with Serum. Now continue reading documentations to customize your project and fill your website with your own contents.