The site works under MacOS and Unix systems, but not on Windows, because many 3rd party modules are not compatible with Windows.

Create a folder /js for the project. You can use any other directory as well, just adjust the paths below.

Node.JS – the last version from https://nodejs.org.

MongoDB - can be either 2.6+ or newer.

Use packages for Linux, MacPorts or Homebrew for Mac.

If you have macports then:

sudo port install mongodb
sudo port load mongodb

Hopefully, you have Git installed and running.

Clone the tutorial server:

cd /js
git clone https://github.com/iliakan/javascript-tutorial-server

Install these:

npm install -g mocha bunyan gulp nodemon

To set up NODE_PATH environment variable, further on we use an alias for running gulp:

alias glp="npm --silent run gulp -- "

Or, without the alias, you can run gulp as: NODE_PATH=./handlers:./modules gulp ....

Or like this: npm --silent run gulp -- ....

You'll also need to install GraphicsMagick (for image resizing).

For MacPorts, the commands are:

sudo port install GraphicsMagick

In the directory with javascript-tutorial-server, run:

npm install

Run the site with the language in NODE_LANG variable:

./dev en

Then access the site at http://127.0.0.1.

If you have 127.0.0.1 javascript.local in /etc/hosts, then the address will be http://javascript.local.

Wait for a couple of seconds to build static assets.

In "Edit" mode the engine watches the tutorial directory, instantly picks the changes and reloads the page. Good for editing.

./edit en

If something doesn't work -- file an issue.