Windows compatibility

[kheifer]

Windows support

At current devs who had windows systems couldn't install and run civic successfully. It looked like a dependency issue when yarn build was called but there's also an issue with node management.

possible solutions for node management in windows environments:

https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows

[znmeb]

@kheifer Is a Docker image a viable option here? Would the people on Macs use it too?

I've had pretty good luck with Docker on Windows 10 Pro.

[dcuthell]

I ended up creating an Ubuntu instance and running it from there through the command line but long term that's probably not the most accessible method.

[DingoEatingFuzz]

I use WSL on my windows machine. It has faster IO than docker or a VM.

I agree that long term it would be ideal for everything to work natively on Windows.

[znmeb]

WSL runs on Windows 10 Home now, I believe. But if anyone wants to dual-boot, hit me up. ;-)