Technical requirements
We will need to install Genie before we start working through the examples in this chapter. As you already know, installing this package is a breeze.
Start Julia, go into package mode with ]
, and then type in add Genie
.
The versions of Julia and the packages used in this chapter are Julia 1.8, Genie v5.11, SearchLight v2.10, and SearchLightSQLite v2.2. Make sure you use the same or a higher version. You can update a lower version by running pkg> update Genie
. You can verify the version used by the app by executing pkg> status
and identifying the entry corresponding to the Genie package.
The source code for this chapter can be found at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Web-Development-with-Julia-and-Genie/tree/main/Chapter4.