mix deps.get to install the necessary dependencies
mix to compile the Elixir files

MIX_ENV=prod mix to compile the Elixir files in production mode

export BACKEND_PORT=8081
export FRONTEND_HOST=http://localhost:8080

iex -S mix to run the compiled files in an interactive Elixir shell

MIX_ENV=prod iex -S mix to run the compiled files in an interactive Elixir shell

mix test to run all test
mix test test/**/*_test.exs to run a specific test file

The backend makes extensive use of String.to_atom() with unsafe user input making the code vulnerable to simple DoS attacks directly through the frontend or through all other sorts of requests!

https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.12/Application.html
https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.12/IO.html
https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.12/List.html
https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.12/Map.html
https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.12/Enum.html
https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.12/Process.html
https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.12/Registry.html

Yannis Laaroussi & Lucas Bürgi