Prerequisites and setup of the development environment

Prerequisites

GitHub account
GitHub Copilot license

OctoFit Tracker technology stack

NodeJS: Version v20.17.0
ReactJS: Version v18.3.1
Python Django: Version v4.1

Developer environment setup

Option 1: Using a Copilot + Codespaces

You are not required to use GitHub Codespaces but, this is what we are using for the GitHub Universe workshop

Go to the code tab

Create a GitHub codespace

Once the GitHub Codespace is created

When the codespace is created you may get the following message for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension

Option 2: Use your IDE of choice

If you choose this option we recommend using VSCode as your IDE, but this workshop is not limited to VSCode
URL for REACT and Django will be http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1

If you ever get stuck, don't worry. Please check out the troubleshooting guide, and GitHub Experts will be here to help you.

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