Preparing for this tutorial
What you should know
To successfully complete this tutorial you should know or understand the following:
Basic Java programming
Git
HTML, CSS, Less
JSON
Software requirements
Make sure you have the following software and infrastructure on your development machine before starting this tutorial:
Web browser and Internet connection
Java SE Development Kit 8
Path to the Java runtime (typically a path ending in
bin
) in your path environment variableJava IDE or text editor
Git client
node's
gulp-cli
packagePorts 3000 and 9480 on your local machine open for servers
This software is available as free downloads for Windows, OS X, and Linux.