INSTALL.md

Prerequisites

Before you can setup your Proto Watch development environment you need to have Git, NodeJS and CCTray/CCMenu installed and working.

It's up to you how you install these and as long – as they work correctly it doesn't matter – but if you're not sure you can follow these instructions.

Windows Setup Instructions

• Install Git
• Install Node
• Install CCTray
• Install Livereload extension
• Install Mongo DB

OS X Setup Instructions

This article will help you get Node and NPM installed using Homebrew (our preferred way of installing dev tools on OS X)

• Installing Node.js and npm using Homebrew on OS X
• Install CCMenu
• Install Livereload extension
• Install Mongo DB - using Homebrew you can write "brew install mongodb" in your terminal

Setting Up The Sample Project

Now that you have Git and NodeJS installed you are ready to download this Git repo and setup your local development environment.

npm install -g browserify node-sass grunt-cli jscs yo
npm install
grunt

When the prompt appears select "Start your development environment"

You should now be able to view the demo Proto Watch app in your browser at http://localhost:9001.