1. First, open your terminal and run `brew -v` to determine whether you have Homebrew installed. If you get a response that looks something like `Homebrew 3.1.9`, you've already got it! If you get nothing back, or an error, continue.
2. Open the terminal and copy/paste this command and hit RETURN. Go through the prompts (you will need to grant `sudo` access).
This will work for both MacOS and Win10. Follow instructions on this [link](https://medium.com/@nodesource/installing-node-js-tutorial-using-nvm-5c6ff5925dd8). Be sure to read through the whole doc to find the sections within each step relevant to you (e.g. if you're using Homebrew, when you get to Step 2 look for the section, "Install NVM with Homebrew").
If you install NVM using Homebrew, make sure to read the output in terminal after you run `brew install nvm`. You will need to add a few lines to your ~/.bash_profile and perhaps complete a couple other tasks.
Once you install NVM, don't forget to install Node! This is included in the linked tutorial above.
After you've downloaded the nvm and the latest node (using the above steps) also install node version 14 by:
`brew install node@14`
You should then be able to switch to that version of node by:
`nvm use 14`
To validate you are using node 14, type:
`node -v`
This should return *Now using node 14.x.x (npm v6.x.x)*
While any IDE can be used, we're outlining how to set up VS Code
1. Open the terminal and type `brew install --cask visual-studio-code` and hit RETURN.
1. If this doesn't work or for Win10, you can download VS Code from the [website](https://code.visualstudio.com/).
2. After [forking this repo](https://github.com/usds/justice40-tool/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#code-contributions), you can clone your forked repo into VS Code
3. VS Code with prompt you to "clone a repo"
4. Open the terminal and navigate to `client` directory
