Getting started

Create your first core.io application in 4 simple steps.
Even if you are new to Node.js this will be easy.

Installing dependencies

In order to install core.io, you’ll first need to install Node.js. Node is supported on most major operating systems, including MacOS X, Windows, and many flavors of Linux.

The website has pre-built installers for plenty of platforms, so you can just hop on over to the downloads section of nodejs.org and choose the one that’ll work for you.

Node.js

Install core.io

Use npm to install core.io:

$ npm install -g core.io-cli

This will install core.io-cli and make the core command available in your terminal. To verify it was installed correctly, if you type “core” in your terminal you should see a similar help output:

$ core —-help

  core.io CLI tool

  Usage:

    core help                             Show this message

    core --version                        Print out the latest released version of core

    core install [template]               Download and install a [template] from github.

    core new [project-name]               Create a new project

  Example:

    core new myProject                    Create a new project

  version:

    1.0.0

Create new project

To generate a new app, just cd into the directory where you want it to be, and type:

$ core new myProject

The generator will create a new folder for your application in your current directory, set up an empty project and download all the necessary dependencies.

Run

Run your project by typing:

$ cd ./myProject && npm run

The generator will create a new folder for your application in your current directory, set up an empty project and download all the necessary dependencies.

What next?

Here are a few resources that will help get you acquainted with developing on core.io: