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.

Workstation Setup

• 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

Optional Items

• Chrome Extensions

  • Apollo Dev Tools

  • React Dev Tools

• VS Code Extensions

  • Apollo GraphQL

  • GIT Lens

  • GIT Pull Requests and Issues

  • Prettier

  • SonarLint

• Github Copilot

  • Instructions to get free Copilot (only for students): https://dev.to/twizelissa/how-to-enable-github-copilot-for-free-as-student-4kal

  • Install following VS Code Extensions:

    • GitHub Copilot

    • Github Copilot Labs