You need to install [nodejs] first. nvm, the node analog to rvm can be useful for getting node installed.

You need Gulp installed globally:

$ npm i -g gulp

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/tperrier/mwachx.git
$ cd mwachx

Install dependencies:

$ npm install

Behind the scenes this will also call bower install. You should find that you have two new folders in your project.

• node_modules - contains the npm packages for the tools we need
• contacts/static/app/bower_components - contains the libraries (e.g., Angular) that we are relying on

Note: the bower_components folder would normally be installed in the root folder but we change this location through the .bowerrc file. Putting it in the static/app folder makes it easier to serve the files by a webserver.

Start the backend and build the frontend with Gulp:

$ ./manage.py runserver
$ gulp

The default gulp command will start a livereload server on localhost:8000. The chrome extension is very useful.