Prerequisites

Installing the required software

Note: the majority of these instructions are for use on a Mac. Windows instructions are included where appropriate.

Open up a terminal prompt on a Mac or Powershell on a Windows machine.

1. Homebrew (Mac - optional)

You can install Homebrew to manage packages via the command line with:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

2. Git

Install Git either via Homebrew with the following command:

brew install git

or use the installer for Windows.

Note: When running the installer on Windows, select Using Git from the Windows Command Prompt on the 5th step so you can run commands from Powershell

3. Node

Install NodeJS either via Homebrew with the following command:

brew install node

or use the installer for Windows.

Note: this also installs npm.

4. Bower

If you don’t have Bower installed globally on your machine, install it via npm:

sudo npm install -g bower

Note: For Windows machines, drop the sudo, but you may have to run Powershell as Administrator to install the module globally.

5. Grunt

If you don’t have Grunt and the Grunt command line tools installed globally on your machine, install it via npm:

sudo npm install -g grunt grunt-cli

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The lazy three-liner...

(sorry, Mac only)

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

brew install node

sudo npm i bower grunt grunt-cli -g