WAND is the official companion development toolkit for the Emberwhisk framework. It's designed to streamline your workflow by providing a simple and consistent way to install, configure, and manage your Emberwhisk projects.

By handling the tedious server management tasks, WAND allows you to focus on what matters: building your application's logic.

Key features of WAND include:

• Simplified Installation: Easily install Emberwhisk and its dependencies without manual configuration.

• Live Development Server: WAND provides a development server that automatically restarts whenever it detects changes to your project files. This makes for a seamless and highly productive development experience.

• Environment Management: Quickly set up and switch between different environments (e.g., development, staging) for your server.

• Command-Line Interface: Use a straightforward command-line interface to start, stop, and manage your Emberwhisk server.

WAND is the recommended way to get started with Emberwhisk and ensure a smooth, efficient, and enjoyable development experience.

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Important Note: WAND is currently designed to be compatible only with Linux. If you are on another operating system, you will need to manually install and manage the Emberwhisk Framework by following its own installation instructions.

While WAND only requires a PHP-cli package to run, for its full feature set (which includes installing Emberwhisk), you will need the following dependencies:

• PHP: cli, dev, PEAR/PECL, sqlite, and PDO modules
• OpenSwoole (This will be installed automatically by WAND's init command if not present)
• The npm package

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/drawfig/WAND.git
   

2. Run WAND:

   cd WAND
   php wand
   

Once WAND is running, you can use its commands to set up and manage your Emberwhisk server.

1. Initialize the server:

   init
   

   This command will install the necessary Emberwhisk dependencies and configure the server.

   Note: If your Linux distribution does not use phpenmod to enable PHP modules, you may have to manually enable the OpenSwoole extension. You can find detailed instructions here.

2. Generate your environment file:

   gen-env
   

   This command will walk you through creating an .env file for your selected environment. You will be prompted to add your server's configuration and, if you choose, a database connection for a MySQL or MariaDB instance.

3. Start the server:

   start
   

   This command will ask you which environment to start the server in. It will then launch a live server that automatically reloads whenever a file change is detected, making development easy and efficient.

WAND & Emberwhisk are open-source projects, and we welcome contributions from the community! If you'd like to get involved, here are a few ways you can help:

• Report Bugs: If you find a bug or an issue, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.
• Submit Code: Have an idea for a new feature or a bug fix? Feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request.
• Get in Touch: For general questions, feature discussions, or to just chat about the project, you can contact me on Discord at drawfig or by joining our server..

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and help make Emberwhisk better for everyone.

Emberwhisk is open-source software licensed under the Apache-2.0 License. A copy of the license is included in the root directory of this project.