A big thank you to everyone who attended workshop one.

The recording is available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tCGRYzMrdPTV6VOKEscXOZvNNioi_KrM

As a prerequisite to the workshops, you'll have to install some software.

• [Visual Studio Code] - Source code editor
• [node.js] - Open-source, cross-platform JavaScript run-time environment
• [npm] - Package manager for the JavaScript programming language
• [git] - version control system
• [expo] - tools to allow us to create a React Native project

As some installtion of software occurs when we create a new expo project, we'll be doing this before the first workshop  

1. Download the windows installer from Nodejs.org
2. Run the installer (the .msi file)
3. Follow the prompts in the installer
4. Restart your computer

npm will be installed automtically alongside node

To test if node and npm were installed properly, open the command line and run these simple commands: node -v this should print the version number of node, e.g. v0.10.35 npm -v this should print the version number of npm, e.g. 1.4.28

1. Download the windows intaller from code.visualstudio.com/download
2. Run the installer and follow the prompts

Git will be the version control system used throughout the devs workshops. For those which don't know what a version control system is, git is basically a content tracker. Git can be used to store and update content.

1. Download the git installer from https://git-scm.com/downloads
2. Run the installer and follow the prompts

We will be using expo tools to build our react native apps. Expo is great as it handles a lot of headache tasks itself and provide smooth APIs that work with React Native app outside the box.Expo CLI sets up a development environment on your local machine and you can be writing a React Native app within minutes.

1. Open the command line
2. Ensure npm is installed by running npm -v (a version number should be displayed)
3. Type npm install -g expo-cli
4. Download Expo on your phone:    Playstore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=host.exp.exponent&hl=en    Appstore https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/expo-client/id982107779?mt=8

1. Open the terminal
2. Navigate to the directory where you want expo projects to be saved
3. Type expo init swipe-app and pick the Blank template.
4. Type cd swipe-app
5. Type npm start
6. Installation will take place, afterwards a QR code should appear in the terminal
7. Open the expo app on your phone and scan the QR code

Note: If you are on an iPhone, the Expo app may not have a built in QR code scanner- just use your phones camera instead!

We'll use Homebrew to install the revelant software

Homebrew is a package manager for the mac - it makes installing most open source software (like node) extremely simple

Open terminal and run command /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)", you'll see messages in the Terminal explaining what you need to do to complete the installation process

1. Open the Terminal and type brew install node
2. Sit back and wait

To test if node and npm were installed properly, open the command line and run these simple commands: node -v this should print the version number of node, e.g. v0.10.35 npm -v this should print the version number of npm, e.g. 1.4.28

1. Open the Terminal and type brew cask install visual-studio-code
2. With homebrew thats all you have to do.

1. Open the terminal
2. Type brew install git

1. Open the command line
2. Ensure npm is installed by running npm -v (a version number should be displayed)
3. Type npm install -g expo-cli
4. Download Expo on your phone:    Playstore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=host.exp.exponent&hl=en    Appstore https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/expo-client/id982107779?mt=8

1. Open the terminal
2. Navigate to the directory where you want expo projects to be saved
3. Type expo init swipe-app and pick the Blank template.
4. Type cd swipe-app
5. Type npm start
6. Installation will take place, afterwards a QR code should appear in the terminal
7. Open the expo app on your phone and scan the QR code

Note: If you are on an iPhone, the Expo app may not have a built in QR code scanner- just use your phones camera instead!