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1. Git: What is it and why?

   1. Git is a version control system and GitHub is an internet hosting service using the version control that Git provides. If you are not familiar with Git, you can find a great presentation on what Git is here. Some other resources include common git commands, CLI commands, and what Git is (if you get the gist you do not need to read through all of it).

   2. In order to set up Git on your computer please follow these steps (after creating a GitHub account if you do not already have one). Make sure to do the authentication step so that your computer is tied to your GitHub account.

   3. FINISHLINE ONLY: Now that you have Git installed and have a GitHub account, clone the repository from here to your computer, potentially using git clone in your preferred CLI (i.e. Terminal/Powershell; please use Powershell over Command Prompt on Windows) to pull the project down to your computer. 

   4. LAUNCHPAD ONLY: Go to this invite link and follow the GitHub classroom instructions to get the repo

2. NodeJS: Version 14 16 18 Please

   1. Ensure that you have Node.js v18 installed. Any iteration of version 18 will do as long as it is version 18! (Make sure to pick an installer that corresponds to your operating system) https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.17.1

   2. Check the box to install any additional tools during installation to ensure functionality with VSCode while installing (don’t worry if there are a couple errors here - this tends to happen on new installs).

   3. After installation, confirm that the version is some variant of 18 with the command node -v.

3. NPM & Yarn

   1. Navigate to the folder of the cloned repository using your CLI (via the cd command).

   2. If you’re on Windows: run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned to prevent some future problems with yarn

   3. In your CLI, run npm install -g yarn.

   4. Run yarn install to instruct npm to install all the necessary packages.

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