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+## Building TrafficCop
+
+TrafficCop uses Anvi.js to build standard JavaScript module and AMD module versions of the library.
+
+To build TrafficCop you need to have NodeJS and NPM installed. Once you have those, install Anvil.js
+through npm:
+
+`npm install -g anvil.js`
+
+Then you can run `./build-all` from a Bash shell, or if you're on Windows, you can run `anvil -b build-standard.json`
+and `anvil -b build-amd.json` to build the version you need.
+
+The resulting files will be in the `lib/(amd|standard)/` folder, depending on which versions were built.
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