Welcome to the git repository for DEVS' Backend workshop for 2021! Here you will find the setup instructions to be completed before the workshop as well as examples of completed exercies to look back on after the workshop.
This workshop requires you to download some files and install some software on your computer.
- NodeJS - (Recommended version node 14 or greater )
- Visual Studio Code - or alternative text editors.
- A Browser that is not Internet Explorer We recommend using Chrome but anything except IE is fine
- Download this repository Look for the little green code button on this page. Click on it and select "Download zip". This will downlaod a zip file to your comptuer. Unzip this file once the download is complete and save it to your Desktop. This folder contains all the files we will be using in the workshop!
Below you will find guides for Windows and MacOS for downloading the required software. Remember to also download this repository from the instructions above!
- Download the windows LTS installer from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
- Run the installer once downloaded
- Follow the installation steps
- Open the windows command prompt (search for cmd)
- Verify that node is installed by running
node --version. The node version (e.g. v12.16.0) should be returned.
- Download the windows installer from https://code.visualstudio.com/
- Run the installer once downloaded
- Follow the installation steps
We recommend you use Google Chrome as your browser during the workshop as it has useful developer tools that we will be using. The workshop does not require you to use Google Chrome, any other browser is also fine.
- Download google chrome at https://www.google.com/chrome/
We will use homebrew to install all of the software for mac. Install homebrew by pasting the following command into the terminal (spotlight and search for terminal).
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
- Run the following command in the terminal
brew install node
- Verify that node is installed by running
node --version. The node version (e.g. v12.16.0) should be returned.
- Run the following command in the terminal
brew cask install visual-studio-code
We recommend you use Google Chrome as your browser during the workshop as it has useful developer tools that we will be using. The workshop does not require you to use Google Chrome, any other browser is also fine.
- Download google chrome at https://www.google.com/chrome/