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 # Developer guide: getting your environment set up
 
 1. Make sure you have `node` installed with a version at _least_ 5.5.0.
-2. Run `npm install -g angular-cli` to install the Angular CLI.
+2. Run `npm install -g gulp` to install gulp.
 3. Fork the `angular/material2` repo. 
 4. Clone your fork. 
    Recommendation: name your git remotes `upstream` for `angular/material2`
    and `<your-username>` for your fork. Also see the [team git shortcuts](https://github.com/angular/material2/wiki/Team-git----bash-shortcuts).
 5. From the root of the project, run `npm install`.
 
-To build the project, run `ng build`. 
-To watch for changes and automatically rebuild, run `ng build --watch`
 
-To bring up a local server, run `ng serve`. This will automatically watch for changes and rebuild.
-After the changes rebuild, the browser currently needs to be manually refreshed.
+To build the components in dev mode, run `gulp build:components`.
+To build the components in release mode, run `gulp build:release`
+ 
+To bring up a local server, run `gulp serve:devapp`. This will automatically watch for changes 
+and rebuild. The browser should refresh automatically when changes are made.
 
-### Running unit tests
+### Running tests
 
-To run unit tests, run `npm test` or use the CLI with `ng test`.
+To run unit tests, run `gulp test`.
+To run the e2e tests, run `gulp e2e`.
+To run lint, run `gulp lint`.
 
-### Running e2e tests
-
-To prepare your environment, you'll need to install protractor and selenium.
-
-```bash
-# 1. Install the correct selenium version with webdriver-manager (this comes with protractor):
-npm run webdriver-manager update
-```
-
-In order to run the tests:
-
-```bash
-# 1. Spin up a local server with 
-MD_APP=e2e ng serve
-
-# 2. Run tests with:
-ng e2e
-```
 
 ### Running benchmarks
 Not yet implemented.