Installing development tools

Installing development environment

CBS is developed using platform-independent technology, and can be done on Windows, Mac and Linux using freely available software.

First install the dependencies if you have not already done so.

Development tools

IDEs

Windows/Mac Visual Studio Community Edition

Windows/Mac/Linux Visual Studio Code

Mongo DB

Studio3T for MongoDB

MongoDB is used for storage, and we recommend installing Studio3T for MongoDB (previously known as MongoChef) which has cross platform support.

• Note: If you are running Windows Home edition, Docker Desktop (Windows) will not run (see the system requirements. In that case we recommend you use MongoDB Community Server instead, as we only use docker for running MongoDB.
• Code editor / IDE of your choice:
  • VSCode, a free, open source, cross platform editor.
  • Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac Community edition can be used for free in open source development.