Initialization

For Windows users We'll use WSL to code. This is a inbuilt Linux system into your laptop, which allows us to generalize each command. Execute following lines in an elevated command prompt. (search for cmd, right-click and choose Run as Administrator)

wsl --install

This installs Ubuntu on your laptop. This will take a while. After the installation, answer the questions to create an account and password. To run Ubuntu afterwards, just click the shortcut or type wsl in your search bar.

Raspberry Pi

For the sake of simplicity, we're not connecting keyboard etc to the rpi. We'll use SSH instead.

For Windows users

• Download and install Putty
• Open the program PuttyGen
• Click Generate
• Insert your name into Key comment
• Enter a key passphrase and pake sure to remember it
• Click save private key. This is your personal key, so don't share it or place it into this repository's folder
• Create a new branch
• Copy the text from the field above (starting with ssh-rsa) into the file rpi/authorized_keys
• Commit and push the changes and create a pull request

We'll connect to the Rpi using Putty with it's ip address.

For Mac

• Execute in a Terminal window: ssh-keygen -t rsa
• Follow all steps and provide a passphrase
• Create a new branch
• Copy the text from the id_rsa.pub file (starting with ssh-rsa) into the file rpi/authorized_keys, and add your name after it
• Commit and push the changes and create a pull request

To connect to the Rpi, use ssh admin@ip-address

Software

Install nvm to install Node

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
nvm install --lts

Install Visual Studio Code and a Github manager like Github Desktop or Gitkraken.

Frontend

Useful commands

Install all packages

npm install

Bundles the app into static files for production.

npm run build

Start the development server.

npm start

Backend

Useful commands

Install all packages

npm install

Bundles the app into static files for production.

npm run build

Start the backend.

npm start