These are instructions for setting up a MacOS machine for development.
We recommemd using Homebrew to aid the install process. You can find the install here
This project uses Node version 12. If you have node installed test which version you're running.
node -v
If you're not running version 12 then unlink node.
brew unlink node
Install Node 12 the desired version:
brew install node@12
brew link node@12
When developing on the Mac it is a good idea to install Docker Desktop
This greatly simplifies running Docker on the Mac. Once installed you can access the Docker Dashboard to see when containers are running.
This was developed using Visuals Studio Code for node development. Install from here
In addition we recommend the extensions for Graphql, Neo4j, Svelte and Prettier. The project is configured to automatically format on save and these extensions are necessary to ensure a common formatting is used.
