Setup

This contains everything you need to know about getting setup.

Coders for Causes Project Team

The following access you will need to have when working on the project

• Coders for Causes Official Project Organisation
  • This includes the project repositories and CFC related long-term materials
• Coders for Causes Learning Organisation
  • This includes the templates for learning as well as the demo workshops
• Discord Channel for Project and exclusive Workshops

Developer Tools

These are the following tools that you need:

• Code Editor: VS Code
• Version Control: Git
• Interpreter: Nodejs
• Custom Package Manager: Yarn
• Interpreter (for WAIS): Python
• Containerisation (for WAIS): Docker

Optional Tools

These are tools that you may like to use, but are not required:

• GUI for Git: Gitkraken / GitHub Desktop

After these installation, seek at the OS-specific tools.

Windows

These are tools specifically for Windows:

• Virtual Machine: Vbox
  • You need this if you have some trouble with windows

Warning for Windows Users

Legit, among all the OS, you will have the most frustrating time as a developer in windows (unless you're doing C#)

Wanna have a better developer experience

You have a couple of options:

• Using WSL
• Dual Booting
• Virtual Machines

The recommended OS to try is Ubuntu-based Linux. My personal favourite is PopOS.

Linux

These are installation specific to Linux:

• Docker Post Installation Steps

  • Lots of users forget this documentation
  • This step is necessary if you intend to use the visual studio code docker extension
  • This will also allow you to run docker without the "sudo" command

• Docker Compose Installation

  • Docker compose is not installed by default with Linux installations of Docker
  • Please follow this documentation

• Node installation using Node Version Manager (NVM)

  • Installation steps can be found here
  • NVM is useful when dealing with multiple environments that require different versions of Node
  • It allows you to switch between different Node versions and environments easily
  • This tool is also available if you are using Windows Subsystem for Linux