Setup the development environment

Note

At this point, it is assumed that you have already forked a copy of Flowz.

Prerequisites

• GNU make.
• Python 3 Interpreter. We recommend installing pyenv.
• Docker.
• To run local PySpark you will need OpenJDK 11.

Note

Makester is used as the Integrated Developer Platform.

(macOS Users only) upgrading GNU make

Follow these notes to get GNU make.

Build the local virtual environment

Get the code and change into the top level git project directory. The following uses the flowz project repository as an example:

git clone https://github.com/loum/flowz.git && cd flowz

Note

Run all commands from the top-level directory of the git repository.

For first-time setup, get the Makester project:

git submodule update --init

Initialise the environment:

make pristine

Run the test harness to validate your local environment setup:

make tests