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# Set Up Your Environment

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### Node.js

Download and install lts version [click here](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
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### Watchman

```shellscript
brew install watchman
```

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### Java Development Kit

```shellscript
brew install --cask zulu@17

# Get path to where cask was installed to find the JDK installer
brew info --cask zulu@17

# ==> zulu@17: <version number>
# https://www.azul.com/downloads/
# Installed
# /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/zulu@17/<version number> (185.8MB) (note that the path is /usr/local/Caskroom on non-Apple Silicon Macs)
# Installed using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2024-06-06 at 10:00:00

# Navigate to the folder
open /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/zulu@17/<version number> # or /usr/local/Caskroom/zulu@17/<version number>
```

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### Android Studio

Download and install lts version [click here](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
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### **Configure the ANDROID\_HOME environment variable**

```shellscript
export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
```

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### Xcode

Download and install lts version from App Store
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