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Expand Up @@ -4,13 +4,19 @@ This page describes the fastest way to test the latest version of DevTools with

If you want to make code changes, follow [contributing guidance](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Setup and start
The steps were tested for Mac. They may require adjustments for other platforms.

## Prerequisites

1. [Configure](https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install) Dart or Flutter.

2. In your terminal `cd` to a folder where you want to clone devtools, and that does not have subfolder `devtools` yet.
2. Install `jq`: `brew install jq`
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Should this not rather be Homebrew and GitHub CLI as prerequisites assumed for the commands to work?

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GitHub CLI is not required.
git is required, but it is installed out of the box on mac.
Homebrew is needed only as installer for jq

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why do we need jq?

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devtools/tool/latest_flutter_candidate.sh

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CANDIDATES=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq '.[].name' | grep candidate)


## Setup and start

1. In your terminal `cd` to a folder where you want to clone devtools, and that does not have subfolder `devtools` yet.

3. Clone the repo, get needed Flutter version to local folder and start DevTools:
2. Clone the repo, get needed Flutter version to local folder and start DevTools:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/flutter/devtools.git
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../../tool/flutter-sdk/bin/flutter run -d chrome --dart-define=enable_experiments=true
```

4. Paste the URL of your application (for example [Gallery](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#connect-to-application)) to the connection textbox.
3. Paste the URL of your application (for example [Gallery](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#connect-to-application)) to the connection textbox.

## Refresh and start

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