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Setting up a Development Environment

On almost every project, getting your development environment established is the first task and it can take a day or two to do so. This is a high-level overview so that you can be productive quickly.

If you don't have one, we recommend installing an IDE that supports multiple languages (Python, Javascript, HTML/CSS, etc). The recommendations are VS Code or Sublime Text, but this is a developer choice.

The next step is to determine which development environment you would like to use. You can choose between a couple of options:

1) Running in a Docker container. 2) A direct Node.js install.

Setting up a Development Environment using Docker.

1. Install Docker Desktop or another way to run a containerized environment.
   • If on Windows, we recommend installing the Linux Subsystem to help performance, but it’s not required. See configuring Docker Desktop to use WSL 2.
2. There are a series a make commands to help you run the commands in Docker. To use those, you'll need a way to run make.
   • On Windows, use the Linux Subsystem or chocolatey.
   • On Mac, install the Xcode client tools or use homebrew.
   • If preferred, install some integration with the IDE you are using instead.
   • For instance, Makefile support for VS Code
3. Run make serve to launch the container, install the dependencies and run the development server.

Setting up a Development Environment using Node.

1. Install the LTS version of Node on your development machine.
2. Run npm install from the site directory to install the JS dependencies.
3. Run npm run dev from the site directory to run the development server.