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+{
+  "$schema": "https://aka.ms/codetour-schema",
+  "title": "Start Development",
+  "steps": [
+    {
+      "file": "package.json",
+      "line": 31,
+      "description": "## Commands\n\nTo start developing, make sure you have Node 12+ installed. Then, run the following commands:\n\n1. Install dependencies:\n>> yarn\n\n2. Clone, patch, and install VS Code:\n>> yarn vscode\n\n3. Start development mode (and watch for changes):\n>> yarn watch"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "src/node/app.ts",
+      "line": 68,
+      "description": "## Visit the web server\n\nIf all goes well, you should see something like this in your terminal. code-server should be live in development mode.\n\n---\n```bash\n[2020-12-09T21:03:37.156Z] info  code-server 3.7.4 development\n[2020-12-09T21:03:37.157Z] info  Using user-data-dir ~/.local/share/code-server\n[2020-12-09T21:03:37.165Z] info  Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml\n[2020-12-09T21:03:37.165Z] info  HTTP server listening on http://127.0.0.1:8080 \n[2020-12-09T21:03:37.165Z] info    - Authentication is enabled\n[2020-12-09T21:03:37.165Z] info      - Using password from ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml\n[2020-12-09T21:03:37.165Z] info    - Not serving HTTPS\n```\n\n---\n\nIf you have the default configuration, you can access it at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080)."
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "src/browser/pages/login.html",
+      "line": 26,
+      "description": "## Make a change\n\nThis is the login page, let's make a change and see it update on our web server! Perhaps change the text :)\n\n```html\n<div class=\"sub\">Modifying the login page 👨🏼‍💻</div>\n```\n\nReminder, you can likely preview at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080)"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "src/node/app.ts",
+      "line": 62,
+      "description": "## That's it!\n\n\nThat's all there is to it! When this tour ends, your terminal session may stop, but just use `yarn watch` to start developing from here on out!\n\n\nIf you haven't already, be sure to check out these resources:\n- [Tour: Contributing](command:codetour.startTourByTitle?[\"Contributing\")\n- [Docs: FAQ.md](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/master/doc/FAQ.md)\n- [Docs: CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/master/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md)\n- [Community: GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/discussions)\n- [Community: Slack](https://community.coder.com)"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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