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+# Development Guide
+
+
+## VScode
+
+Instead of setting up prettier and eslint as dev dependencies, we'll just use VScode extensions and custimized settings.
+
+### Must
+
+- [Prettier Now](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=remimarsal.prettier-now)
+- [DotENV](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mikestead.dotenv)
+- [EditorConfig for VS Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EditorConfig.EditorConfig)
+
+
+### Recommendations
+
+- [Visual Studio IntelliCode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioExptTeam.vscodeintellicode)
+- [npm Intelliscense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christian-kohler.npm-intellisense)
+- [path Intelliscense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christian-kohler.path-intellisense)
+- [Bracket Pair Colorizer 2](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2)
+- [ES7 React/Redux/GraphQL/React-Native snippets](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dsznajder.es7-react-js-snippets)
+
+---
+## To get started
+First clone this repo
+```shell
+> git clone https://github.com/badger-advisor/madflow.git
+```
+
+Next, from the root directory
+
+### Install all dependencies
+```shell
+> npm run dev-install
+```
+This will install dependencies for both the server and the client
+
+
+### Serve app
+```shell
+> npm run dev
+```
+This will serve both the server on `http://localhost:8080` and the frontend on `http://localhost:3000`
+
+
+#### Only serve frontend
+```shell
+> npm run client
+```
+or if in `client/` already
+```shell
+npm start
+```
+
+#### Only serve backend
+```shell
+> npm run server
+```
+This will start up nodemon, and all changes made will be updated in the server immediately, no need to restart the server each time.