Set up your dev environment

Make sure your README lists all the software they’ll need to install on their local system. They’ll probably need:

• NodeJS
• npm
• MySQL

Anything else?

Install the dependencies

How does someone install the dependencies they need for your project? If they run npm install, how does NodeJS know what things to install?

You’ve run npm install --save <modulename> a few times now when coding your app. What does it do? What if we switched --save for --save-dev? If you’re not sure, have a look at Specifying Packages in the npm docs.

How about the database? What scripts does someone have to run to set up their local database?