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Development Setup

Guide for setting up your local machine for Zoos Global projects.

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1 min readUpdated Jul 24, 2026@devex-teamDeveloper Experience
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This guide steps you through configuring your workstation for development on Zoos Global projects.

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”

Before starting, make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

  • macOS / Linux: We recommend using macOS or a Linux-based OS.
  • Homebrew (macOS): Run /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" to install.
  • Git: Installed via Homebrew (brew install git) or your system package manager.
  • Node.js: We recommend installing Node.js (LTS version) using nvm or fnm.

Global Packages

Section titled “Global Packages”

Install the following tools globally:

Terminal window
# Install PNPM globally
npm install -g pnpm


# Install AWS CLI
brew install awscli

Editor Configuration

Section titled “Editor Configuration”

We recommend using Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with the following extensions:

  • Astro
  • MDX
  • Prettier - Code formatter
  • ESLint

Verifying Setup

Section titled “Verifying Setup”

To verify that your setup is working, clone one of our main repositories and run:

Terminal window
pnpm install
pnpm dev

If the development server starts successfully at http://localhost:3000 (or similar), your workstation is ready!