Workstation Installs

Don't Skip the Prerequisites

While the following may seem tedious, going through this process will save you hours of headache down the road.

GIT
- git --version
  - should return 2.24.3 or greater
Node- > NVM - Windows/Mac
- Mac
  - touch ~/.zshrc
- Windows - (reference)
  - Uninstall any versions of Node.js (from programs)
  - Delete any Node.js installation directories (ex: C:\Program Files\nodejs)
  - Delete the existing npm install location (such as C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm
    C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm_cache)
  - Download the latest release of NVM-Windows (nvm-setup.zip)
  - Extract nvm-setup.zip and run nvm-setup.exe
  - After install, run cmd:
    nvm install {version number} where version number is lts version of nodejs. (ex current latest: nvm install 14.17.5)
  - Run cmd: nvm use {version number}
  - Ensure that Node (LTS Version) is what is reported
    node --version
    should return 14.17.5 or greater
.NET 5 SDK- required for Function Extensions
- dotnet --version
  - should return 5.0.400 or greater
Azure Functions Core Tools
- func --version
  - should return 4.0.5198 or greater
- Install Guide
  - to upgrade: (mac)
    brew upgrade azure-functions-core-tools@4
CosmosDB Emulator
- Start up using command line or batch file:
  - "C:\Program Files\Azure Cosmos DB Emulator\Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Emulator.exe" /EnableMongoDbEndpoint=4.0
Visual Studio Code
- code --version
  - should return 1.49.1 or greater
- Install these Visual Studio Code Plugins:
  - Azure Static Web Apps (Preview)
  - Azure Functions
  - Visual Studio Intellicode
  - Azurite - storage emulator

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