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+### Usage in Phoenix App
+
+#### Enable database connection and add to supervision tree
+
+The example below uses `Grepo` instead of `Repo` to enable use of dgraph along with another database. If dgraph is the only database required for the project, then the changes can be made directly in `repo.ex`:
+
+```elixir
+defmodule App.Grepo do
+  use Dlex.Repo,
+    otp_app: :app,
+    modules: [App.Courses.Course]
+end
+```
+
+In application.ex:
+
+```elixir
+def start(_type, _args) do
+  # List all child processes to be supervised
+  children = [
+    # Start the Ecto repository
+    App.Repo,
+    # Start the endpoint when the application starts
+    AppWeb.Endpoint,
+    # Starts a worker by calling: App.Worker.start_link(arg)
+    # {App.Worker, arg},
+    App.Grepo,
+  ]
+  ...
+end
+```
+
+#### Define a model
+
+```elixir
+defmodule App.Courses.Course do
+  use Dlex.Node
+  @derive {Phoenix.Param, key: :uid}
+
+  import Ecto.Changeset
+
+  schema "courses" do
+    field(:title, :string, index: ["term"])
+    field(:description, :string)
+    field(:guidelines, :string)
+    field(:status, :integer)
+    field(:has_learning_path, :uid)
+  end
+
+  @doc false
+  def changeset(course, attrs) do
+    course
+    |> cast(attrs, [
+      :title,
+      :description,
+      :guidelines,
+      :status,
+      :has_learning_path
+    ])
+end
+
+```
+
+#### Update the schema
+
+```bash
+$ iex -S mix
+
+# To view the schema:
+iex> Grepo.snapshot()
+
+# To execute the update (alter_schema uses snapshot() by default and can be omitted)
+iex> Grepo.snapshot() |> Grepo.alter_schema()
+
+```
+
+#### Define the context
+
+This follows the same pattern as a regular phoenix app context with the above setup:
+
+```elixir
+defmodule App.Courses do
+  @moduledoc """
+  The Courses context.
+  """
+
+  alias App.Grepo
+  alias App.Courses.Course
+
+  ...
+
+  @doc """
+  Returns an `%Ecto.Changeset{}` for tracking course changes.
+
+  ## Examples
+
+      iex> change_course(course)
+      %Ecto.Changeset{source: %Course{}}
+
+  """
+  def change_course(%Course{} = course) do
+    Course.changeset(course, %{})
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  Creates a course.
+
+  ## Examples
+
+      iex> create_course(%{field: value})
+      {:ok, %Course{}}
+
+      iex> create_course(%{field: bad_value})
+      {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{}}
+
+  """
+  def create_course(attrs \\ %{}) do
+    %Course{}
+    |> Course.changeset(attrs)
+    |> Grepo.set()
+  end
+
+  ...
+
+  def course_statuses() do
+    [
+      {"Published", 1},
+      {"Unpublished", 2}
+    ]
+  end
+
+  ...
+end
+```
+
+#### Define the controller
+
+```elixir
+defmodule AppWeb.Admin.CourseController do
+  use AppWeb, :controller
+
+  alias App.Grepo
+  alias App.Courses
+  alias App.Courses.Course
+
+  def index(conn, _params) do
+    query = "{courses(func: type(courses)) {uid expand(_all_)}}"
+    {:ok, %{"courses" => courses}} = Grepo.all(query)
+    render(conn, "index.html", courses: courses)
+  end
+
+  def show(conn, %{"id" => id}) do
+    course = Grepo.get!(id)
+    render(conn, "show.html", course: course)
+  end
+
+  def new(conn, _params) do
+    changeset = Courses.change_course(%Course{})
+
+    render(conn, "new.html",
+      changeset: changeset,
+      statuses: course_statuses_for_select()
+    )
+  end
+
+  def create(conn, %{"course" => course_params}) do
+    case Courses.create_course(course_params) do
+      {:ok, _course} ->
+        render_success(
+          conn,
+          "Course created successfully",
+          Routes.admin_course_path(conn, :index)
+        )
+
+      {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{} = changeset} ->
+        render(conn, "new.html",
+          changeset: changeset,
+          statuses: course_statuses_for_select()
+        )
+    end
+  end
+
+  def edit(conn, %{"id" => id}) do
+    course = Grepo.get!(id)
+    changeset = Courses.change_course(course)
+
+    render(conn, "edit.html",
+      course: course,
+      changeset: changeset,
+      statuses: course_statuses_for_select()
+    )
+  end
+
+  def update(conn, %{"id" => id, "course" => course_params}) do
+    course = Grepo.get!(id)
+
+    case Courses.update_course(course, course_params) do
+      {:ok, course} ->
+        render_success(
+          conn,
+          "Course updated successfully",
+          Routes.admin_course_path(conn, :show, course)
+        )
+
+      {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{} = changeset} ->
+        render(conn, "edit.html",
+          course: course,
+          changeset: changeset,
+          statuses: course_statuses_for_select()
+        )
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp course_statuses_for_select, do: Courses.course_statuses()
+end
+```
+
 ## Developers guide
 
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