To get started you'll need node. After the download and install of node is complete, install npm. The one line install is sufficient.
npm install
Run the server with node-dev
node-dev runner.js
If you're changing clientside coffeescript you'll have to compile yourself.
coffee -w -c public/js
CouchDB is used and hosted at irisCouch. You can inspect entries by visiting irisCouchPath/_utils