Prerequisites

• Use Linux

  You need a Linux or Linux-like computer. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and MacOS should work just fine.

  For Windows, you can find WSL setup instructions HERE

• Install Just

  This is a tool that will remember the commands you need to run to do stuff. Remembering stuff is hard so you'll want this.

  You can find installation instructions HERE

• Install SDKMan

  This is a tool that helps you set up other tools.

  curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash

• Install Java

  Once you have SDKMan, this shouldn't be that hard to do.

  sdk install java 23-tem

• Install the Clojure CLI

  This is needed to run Clojure code.

  You can find installation instructions HERE

• Install MyBatis Migrations

  This will help us later when we need to work with a database.

  sdk install mybatis

• Install Docker

  You will need Docker when we get around to setting up a Database and when you package up your app for deployment.

  The company behind docker has their setup instructions HERE.

• Learn Clojure

  Before proceeding, make sure you feel comfortable writing code in Clojure. If you don't know Clojure yet head to https://clojure.camp/ and come back when you feel ready.