Installation

You will need Node and Bower installed in order to make using this framework easy

Bower for Ubuntu Users

Step 1: Install Node

$ sudo apt-get install nodejs

Step 2: Fix Node. With Ubuntu Step 3 might not work until you do this fix. So try Step 3 first, then if it doesn't work, do Step 2 then Step 3

$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

Step 3: Use Node to install Bower

$ sudo npm install -g bower

Bower for OSX Users

Step 1: Install Homebrew (a similar tool to Ubuntu's apt-get)

sudo ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"

Step 2: Use Homebrew to install Node

$ brew install node

Step 3: Use Node to install Bower

$ sudo npm install -g bower

If you want to use SASS

While node is installed on your system (because of the above steps), you can now use node (and the npm system) to download certain tools for this project. The tools that will be installed are listed in your package.json file. Currently that file is setup to install Grunt, Sass, and Autoprefixer. The command to tell node to install the tools listed in the package file is:

$ npm install

Your node modules will now be installed in your node_modules/ folder. You probably won't need to go in this folder for anything.

User Bower to install cool Client-Side tools

While bower is installed on your system (because of the above steps), you can now use bower to download certain tools for this project. The tools that will be installed are listed in your bower.json file. Currently that file is setup to install jQuery, Modernizr, and ReptileForms. The command to tell bower to install the tools listed in the bower file is:

$ bower install

Your bower components will now be installed in your bower_components folder.