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+# Getting Setup (MacOS version) 
+
+  If you've never used github before [set your ssh key](#github-setup)
+
+1.  Inside your Terminal, make a directory for the project. Example: `mkdir njclassresearch`.
+2.  Run `cd njclassresearch`
+3.  Clone the repo using git: `git clone https://github.com/NJIT-CLASS/frontend.git`.
+4.  Clone the backend repo using git: `git clone https://github.com/NJIT-CLASS/backend.git`.
+5.  To set up a local MySQL database:
+
+6.  Run `brew doctor` and fix any errors
+7.  Once fixed (or if there are no errors), you should see the message `Your system is ready to brew.`
+8.  Run `brew update`
+9.  You should see “Already up-to-date."`
+10.  Run `brew install mysql`
+11.  Run `mysql.server start`
+12.  You should see the success message: “Starting MySQL. SUCCESS!“
+
+13.  Now, clone the repo using git: `git clone https://github.com/NJIT-CLASS/configuration.git`
+14.  Open up the entire project directory in your IDE of choice (I am using Visual Studio Code as my IDE).
+15.  To run the latest [sql import script](https://github.com/NJIT-CLASS/configuration/blob/master/EmptySystem.sql)
+16. Inside your Terminal at your "njclassresearch" project directory, run `mysql -u root -p` and enter your password. 
+  
+  (Note: if you have not yet set your password, try this instruction here: `mysql_secure_installation` in your 'njclassresearch' project directory)
+  Remember this, it will be your mysql password.
+  
+  Answering the following questions:
+  I chose to answer 'n' + 'Return' to all questions except for the question "Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far will take effect immediately.
+Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) :" for which I typed 'y' and 'Return'. 
+
+This was the last question. You should now see: "Success. All done!"
+
+17. Run `CREATE DATABASE njclassresearch;` (“ njclassresearch” will be your database name)
+Exit out of mysql inside your Terminal (Ctrl + Z).
+
+18. Following this format (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17666249/how-to-import-an-sql-file-using-the-command-line-in-mysql):
+`mysql -u root -p njclassresearch < ./configuration/EmptySystem.sql` and enter your mysql password. 
+
+19. Now to download and install  [redis](http://redis.io/). Inside your 'njclassresearch' directory, run `brew install redis`.
+Following this article for starting Redis on macOS (https://medium.com/@djamaldg/install-use-redis-on-macos-sierra-432ab426640e), run the following commands:
+20. Run `ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/redis/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents`
+21. Run `launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.redis.plist`
+
+22. Now to import latest language strings into server using  [language-import.js](https://github.com/NJIT-CLASS/Configuration/blob/master/language-import.js)  to import them to your local redis instance
+In your Terminal, from the project directory "njclassresearch", run `cd configuration/` to go into the configuration folder
+23. Then run `npm i`
+
+(Note: 
+If you see "-bash: redis-cli: command not found", try running `brew update`, then running `brew uninstall redis` and then re-installing again by running `brew install redis`.)
+
+24. After installing, run `redis-cli`. You should see "127.0.0.1:6379>" which has localhost and the port number 6379. 
+25. Now run `KEYS *`, and you should see a long list of all of the 'langs' from the language-import.js file.
+
+26. Now onto the next step: "Set the environment variables  `dbHost`,  `dbUser`,  `dbPass`,  `database`, and  `serverPort`  or set them in the  `backend_settings.js`  to match your MySQL database hostname (probably localhost), database user, database user password, database name, and the port your want the backend server to serve on."
+Inside your IDE (Visual Studio Code, in my case), open backend folder, then the backend_settings.js file. Change the specific variables that you've changed. 
+(In my case, I changed the database name to "njclassresearch" so I've changed the line "exports.DATABASE  =  process.env.database  ||  'class/pla';" to "exports.DATABASE  =  process.env.database  ||  'njclassresearch';"
+as well as changing the line "exports.DB_PASS  =  process.env.dbPass  ||  '1234';" to "exports.DB_PASS  =  process.env.dbPass  ||  'root';" (as we have set our mysql password to be "root")
+and save the file. 
+
+Close the terminal and terminate all processes.
+
+27. In the next step, "run `npm install gulp` in the frontend directory", there is a slight error here. MacOS users must install all of the dev dependencies in the frontend, such as gulp-sass
+Run the following commands in the frontend directory inside your Terminal:
+
+`npm i gulp -g` (installs gulp globally)
+`npm i gulp ` in frontend directory
+`npm i`
+`npm install --only=dev` and then move onto the next step. 
+
+
+28. Run  `gulp generate:fallback-settings` to generate your fallback settings (just answer the questions)
+
+To answer the given questions, open up njclassresearch/configuration/exampleFallbackSettings.js. We will be using all of the same answers except for the Redis Port number and API_URL. The Redis Port # can be found by opening up a new Terminal and running `redis-cli`; then you'll see "127.0.0.1:6379>" (the last 4 digits are your port number).
+
+? **redis secret (the secret string for cookies stored in Redis):** Rx#z(ANYRyp9NjfLp62gsgVbF
+? **redis host (hostname or location of Redis):** localhost
+? **redis port:** 6379
+? **redis auth (password for Redis server):** dZGVorD42Up/HWDU2n>RsfcZN
+? **server port (local port that frontend server will run on):** 4001
+? **API URL (url for backend server):** 'http://localhost:4000' (make sure to include the quotes around this)
+
+
+29. Set the API_URL settings in  `/server/utils/react_constants.js`
+
+Simply write `exports.API_URL = 'http://localhost:4000';` at the bottom of that file in the frontend directory. 
+
+30. Run `npm install` which will install all the third-party packages the project depends on in both the frontend and backend directories.
+
+Open the file /njclassresearch/backend/package.json and 
+delete the line `"argon2": "^0.16.1"` under "dependencies" and save the file. 
+
+Also run the following commands inside the Terminal, backend directory: 
+`npm i --only=dev`
+`npm i`
+`brew install gcc` (because there are issues with argon2 and macos)
+You may need to reinstall it if it mentions that. If not, move on. 
+`sudo npm i -g node-gyp` and enter your laptop password.
+`which clang`, which you will use in the next line. For me, running this command gave me "/usr/bin/clang", which I plugged into the next command I ran (after "CXX="):
+`CXX=/usr/bin/clang npm install argon2@0.16.1`
+Then, finally run `npm start` in the backend. 
+
+31. Run  `npm start`  in the frontend directory to start the server. 
+
+32. Create a folder called “logs” in backend directory.
+
+33. Start a mysql instance by running `mysql.server start` in project directory inside your Terminal.
+
+34. Enter the following: ALTER USER ‘root’@‘localhost’ IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY ‘root’;
+It should run without any errors.
+Then restart backend server by running `npm start`.
+35. Finally, when the environment is running, you should see “Server running at http://localhost:4001” in frontend directory and “/Email: Creating Transport
+/Email: Transport Created
+All right ! I am alive at Port .4000
+Server is ready to take our messages
+Database synchronised.” in the backend directory.