# Setting up system for developing for gitea frondend
* Install go(1.15 =>), node.js(10.13 => or latest lts), npm, git, make
* Clone gitea repo `git clone https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea`
* Cd into repo folder `cd gitea`
* Checkout last stable (1.14.0 at this point) `git checkout v1.14.0`
* Build backend run: `TAGS="sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make backend`


# Developing for gitea frondend
* Open a seperate terminal (since this proces needs to keep running)
* Cd into repo folder `cd gitea`
* Building continuously by running `make watch-frontend`  
**Note: if you create a new file, quit the make process and restart it**
* Open another terminal (since the backend proces also needs to keep running)
* Cd into repo folder `cd gitea`
* Start gitea backend server `./gitea web`