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title: Getting started on Mac
order: 20
for: developers
icons:

*   start
*   apple
    about: |
    You'll learn how to setup Node JS on a Mac system,
    as well as initialize the FreeSewing development environment.
    goals:
*   Install Xcode command-line tools
*   Install Node JS using nvm
*   Chosing a Node version to use
*   Initializing the FreeSewing development environment
*   Starting the FreeSewing development environment

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In this tutorial, we will setup Node JS and initialize the FreeSewing
development environment on a Mac system running OS X.

<Tip>

We'll be typing commands in a terminal window. You can find the Terminal
application at `/Applications/Utilities/`.

</Tip>

We'll cover the following steps:

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