Prepare your laptop for the workshop

Installing the Particle CLI

Windows

Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 are supported.

Prerequisites:

• Google Chrome webbrowser (Download)
• Visual Studio Community 2015. (Download)
• Node.js v4.2.x (32 or 64 bit) (Donwload)
• Python 2.7.x (NOT 3.x) (32 or 64 bit) (Download)
• Particle driver (if required) (Download)

After the software packages above are installed, you can continue.
First reboot you computer to make sure all software is installed correctly.

Open a command prompt, search for cmd and open the Command Prompt

Verify node, npm and Python are installed correctly:

C:\Users\Sven>node -v
v4.2.2

C:\Users\Sven>npm -v
v2.14.7

C:\Users\Sven>python --version
Python 2.7.11

Ok, now it's time to install Particle CLI:

C:\Users\Sven>npm install -g particle-cli

Now you are ready to login with your Particle account:

C:\Users\Sven>particle login
? Please enter your email address: [email protected]
? Please enter your email address: [email protected]
? Please enter your password: *******
> Successfully completed login!

If you can't wait, the full CLI documentation can be found here.

Show file name extensions

• Open a File Explorer Windows (Win-E)
• Select the View-tab
• Check the File name extensions-box

Mac OS X

It's highly recommended to install our packages with Homebrew, so don't wait and just get started.

• XCode from the App Store
• XCode Command Line Tools (read instructions below)
• Homebrew (read instructions below)

First install the XCode Command Line Tools:

$ xcode-select --install

Next install Homebrew:

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

If you receive a permission error on El Capitan, you need to fix this first by following these steps.

To check if Homebrew has been correctly installed:

$ brew doctor