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# Getting Started with Budibase
(For contributors - scroll down)
### 1. Global install budibase
`npm install -g budibase`
### 2. Start using Budibase
Create a directory to store your Budibase apps
`mkdir my-budibase`
`cd my-budibase`
Initialise Budibase in current directory
`budi init`
Create a new Budibase app
`budi new my-app`
Run Budibase
`budi`
You can now access the Budibase builder on http://localhost:4001/_builder
Start building!
Once you have created your app, you need to create yourself an instance of your app (i.e. a database)
`budi instance my-app`
## Getting Started for Contributors
### 1. Prerequisites
*yarn -* `npm install -g yarn`
*jest* - `npm install -g jest`
### 2. Clone this repository
`git clone https://github.com/Budibase/budibase.git`
then `cd ` into your local copy...
### 3. Install and Build
`yarn bootstrap` will install all modules
`yarn build` will build all packages
`yarn initialise` will initialise your budibase (i.e. create local database)
### 4. Running
A Budibase apps folder will have been created in `packages/server/myapps`. This is a blank apps folder, so you will need to create yourself an app:
```
cd packages/server
yarn run budi -- new your-app-name
```
then
`yarn run budi` and to run the budibase server
if you then want to run the builder in dev mode (i.e. with hot reloading):
... keep the server running, and..
1. Open a new console
2. `cd packages/builder`
3. `yarn start`
4. Access the builder on http://localhost:3000
Notice that when inside `packages/server`, you can use any Budibase CLI command via yarn:
e.g. `yarn budi -- new mikes_app` == `budi new mikes_app`
This will use the CLI directly from `packages/cli`, rather than your globally installed `budi`
## Documentation
A work in progress, lives here: https://docs.budibase.com