How to install necessary software

1. Node Js and npm

   1. Download for Windows

      1. Nodejs can be installed following these steps

         • Go to the browser https://nodejs.org/en/download/

         • For windows, run the Nodej.js.msi and follow the steps needed to install

           • To verify the installation run node -v in your terminal once the installation is done

           • To update the version of npm run npm install npm --global

      2. Install npm

         • npm is installed and is distributed with Node.js- which means that when you download Node.js, you automatically get npm installed on your computer.

   2. Download for Mac

      1. Before you can install Node, you’ll need to have two other applications, Xcode and Homebrew. once you’ve got these on your machine, installing Node takes just a few minutes

         • XCode

           • Is a development software is used to build Mac and iOS apps, but it also includes the tools you need to compile software for use on your Mac. XCode is free and you can find it in the Apple App Store.

           • . https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/

         • Homebrew

           • a package manager for the Mac that makes installing most open source sofware (like Node) as simple as writing brew install node

           • To install Homebrew just open Terminal and type ruby

             • -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"You’ll see messages in the Terminal explaining what you need to do to complete the installation process.

2. Install My SQL

   1. For Windows

      1. Use the following link https://www.mysql.com/downloads/

      2. The most important ones that are necessary are MySQL servers and workbench, but it wouldn’t hurt to get the full product

   2. For Mac

      1. Use the following link

         • Download MySQL for OS X

         • Unpack downloaded .dmg file

         • Install MySQL from downloaded file

         • Install and setup auto start package for MySQL on OS X

         • Connect to installed MySQL server

3. Install Git

   1. From browser

      1. https://git-scm.com/downloads

   2. From terminal

      1. https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git

      2. https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Getting-a-Git-Repository

4. Once you get git installed, set up, ready and running for the project, you need to clone the project from git.

   1. Using a terminal you need to run the following command git

      $ git clone https://github.com/Dsafanyuk/Fetchr.git

      from there you can learn how to start the api or learn how to to start the frontend