0. Installation

Launching the development environment

💡 Prerequisite: Do ensure you have Docker installed on your local machine! Also, make sure that Docker desktop is running on the background!

1. Docker setup:

• MacOS
• WindowsOS

2. Install Git and IDE (If required):

• Set up Git - GitHub Docs
• IDE: Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows

3. Install NodeJS (NPM):

💡 NodeJS will serve as a runtime environment, hence it should be installed before the other pre-requisites. NodeJS also comes with the NPM package manager which we will be using for the rest of the setup.

Download and install NodeJS from the following link: https://nodejs.org/en/download/

4. Setup Github account:

a. Create Github Account

b. Fork Github Repositories:

💡 Ensure that Copy the main branch only is unchecked so that the branches are forked too! If not you won't be able to see the branches.

• 2023-Govtech-Geekout-GDS/frontend
• 2023-Govtech-Geekout-GDS/backend