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steps:

1. make sure you have homebrew installed (if not, /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)")
2. make sure you have git installed (if not, brew install git)
3. brew install node
4. brew cask install atom
5. cd ~, mkdir Development, cd Development to get into your Development folder
6. go to github and create a repository, copy the URL for cloning (not the address bar URL, but the one next to the green button)
7. git clone [THE_URL_YOU_COPIED] will create a new folder with the contents of your repistory
8. cd [FOLDER_NAME] gets you into your folder and atom . opens it up in Atom
9. npx express-generator . --view=ejs initializes your express project. npm i and the npm start gets the server started.
10. npm i nodemon and then adding"devstart": "nodemon ./bin/www" to your package.json and then npm run devstart in terminal will start up your server just like npm start, but nodemon will automatically restart the server every time you make a change, which will be more convenient for you.
11. learn about how /bin/www points to /app.js which points to /routes/index.js which receives requests from users and sends them back html by combining data (in the form of an object) and an ejs view.