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 # Forum
 
 # Forum
 

-A forum system for the year 3000
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+A forum for the year 3000.
+
+## What you will need to get started
+
+This project uses [node][node] for most of its development processes.
+Once you have node installed according to the instructions there, run
+`npm install` from the root of the project.
+
+For local development serve the page by running `npm watch` from the
+root of the project.
+
+## Installing git hooks
+
+This repo contains a pre-commit git hook so indent will run before every
+commit. Run `npm run setup-hooks` to install it.
+
+[node]: https://nodejs.org/en/