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 TACOS next generation(/rewrite)
 
-Frontend Iteration 2
-Feature Tracking
+Documentation
+# Setup
+
+clone the repository to your a folder on your local machine from github
+
+```shell
+git clone git@github.com:vhs/tacos-ng.git
+```
+
+navigate to the tacos-ng.code-workspace file and click the open workspace button
+on the side vscode should prompt you to install recommended extensions click yes
+once the extensions are installed double check to make sure they are enabled before proceeding
+
+In order to install the packages associated with Tacos you must install pnpm. inorder to do so
+you must first have npm installed.
+
+if your on windows install npm via this tutorial
+https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-environment/javascript/nodejs-on-windows
+
+then install pnpm via
+
+```shell
+npm install -g pnpm
+```
+
+if you run into any issue follow this
+https://pnpm.io/installation
+
+In order to install all the packages we need for
+
+right click the root folder in your workspace and click open in integrated terminal
+
+then run
+
+```shell
+pnpm install
+```
+
+you can then follow up with this by running
+
+```shell
+pnpm run build
+```
+
+and this will build the backend on your local repository.
+
+# Frontend Iteration 2 Feature Tracking
 Working page routing
 -Navbar with buttons
 -Buttons provide user feedback