// Mini course

Lesson 01: Set Up the Development Environment

This lesson covers the Windows setup used in the PDF guide: Chocolatey, Visual Studio Code, Git, Node.js, and the Truffle Framework. The PDF recommends VS Code because it works well with Git, Truffle tests, and debugging. fileciteturn0file0

📦 Download the complete MetaCoin project used in this tutorial from GitHub:

Download the MetaCoin Truffle Project

Step 1: Install Chocolatey

Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass

Then install Chocolatey:

iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Step 2: Install the core tools

After reopening PowerShell, install the development packages:

choco install visualstudiocode -y choco install git -y choco install nodejs -y

VS Code is the editor.
Git handles source control.
Node.js provides npm, which is required to install Truffle.

Step 3: Install Truffle

npm install -g truffle node -v npm -v truffle --version

This confirms that Node.js, npm, and Truffle are installed correctly. The PDF shows this verification step before creating the project. fileciteturn0file0

Tip: close and reopen PowerShell after major installs so the commands become available in your terminal session.