npm run clean and npm run start fails (cross env is not recognised as a command)

[siddhant1]

Nature of issue?

• Found a bug

Details about the bug:

npm run clean and npm run start fails in powershell (Windows)

• Operating System:
  Steps to reproduce

1. Run npm run fetch-examples on a new fork

[siddhant1]

Looks like we have to hit npm install first
I think we should mention it somewhere in readme.md. This should be in readme instead of https://github.com/processing/p5.js-web-editor/blob/master/developer_docs/installation.md

[catarak]

The installation guide is mentioned in the README, though it's indirect. There's a link to the developer docs, which is the README in developer_docs, which links to the installation guide. Maybe the copy in the root README can be more clear—something like, "contributors, start here!".

[siddhant1]

Yeah sure that'll good , I think we should also add a list of starting steps in the readme to make it beginner friendly
Something like this

Setting up the project

This project requires Node.js version >= 8.10 and yarn

Install dependencies
yarn
Run development
yarn start
Deployment
yarn build

[catarak]

i don't think it should be added to the root README! i had the installation instructions in there for a while, but it got way too long. in my opinion, the point of the root README is to be a landing page for the project, and adding the installation instructions are too detailed.

[siddhant1]

So should we make a link saying "contributers here" and link them to the installation instructions.

[catarak]

i just added another link to CONTRIBUTING.md and the root README. if think it should be clearer, feel free to make a PR, but it's under the section "Get Involved", so i'm not sure how to make it more clear than that.