Written by William Kasel

• Install Node JS (see checklist below for mac version), pc node version
• Some kind of text editor/IDE, I use Atom it's technically an extensible text-editor, alternatives are sublime, vscode, and Webstorm by JetBrains Webstorm is very good, and a true IDE like vs code, but it's not free.

• cd change directory in terminal
• rm delete files in terminal
• rm -rf deletes directories (careful, NO RECYCLE BIN, GONEEEEE)
• vim somefile.js open in edit mode

1. Do you Have brew installed? To test open terminal and type which brew.

• yes, continue to 3.

2. Install Brew:

• full directions here
• Copy & paste this into terminal /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
• type brew update.
• (Optionally) run brew doctor, if you like, it's good practice as it clean up any symbolic links (sym links). Next
• type vim ~/.bash_profile (if you get any errors, ensure the bash_profile exists, if not type touch ~/.bash_profile)
• to edit in vim, you have to hit the letter i, it's kind of weird as you have to key around to make edits. i pulls up interactive mode and allows you to make edits.
• paste export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" into your bash_profile. Hit esc (escape key to exit interactive mode), then :wq (write + quit). If you screw something up and want to restart, just hit esc then :q (no write, just quit)
• in terminal type brew install node
• you now have node installed.
• quick note, I recommend working in some directory inside your ~/ directory.
• in terminal, run node -v, this is your node version. Also, ensure NPM installed correctly via npm -v.
• a few notes sometimes you might get issues depending what features of Node.js packages are using, so it's also recommended you install xcode dev tools via xcode-select --install, then sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools full article

3. Git Clone this repo, cd to the directory name via cd learn-node-starter-kit/demo type npm install (note: npm is your node package manager, it's your go-to tool to install anything, everything, run tasks, and various scripts)

Checkpoint: you now have Node setup, and a repository cloned

• Most node apps are setup with an entry file, sometimes named index.js, or other times called app.js, other times it's called server.js. It kind of depends on the layout.
• package.json is how we maintain your dependencies, describe a package, and how we define scripts to run via the npm run (name of command) command.

• Ok, so you've cloned this repo, you've got node installed, let's write some code.