[VPS-131] VPS Onboarding 2024(1)

[JordanBlenn]

Description:

AS A: member of the 2024 VPS Development Team
I WANT: to set up a local build
SO THAT: I can edit the code and contribute to the project.

AC's:

1. Each member of the dev team has cloned the remote repository and can edit a local copy
2. Each member of the dev team is able to run a local build of the repository and can 'play' the Virtual Patient Simulator
3. Each member of the dev team is familiar with how the Simulator works
4. Each member of the dev team if comfortable with using GitHub (i.e. commits, branches, pull requests)
5. Each member of the dev team has added themselves as a contributor to the ReadMe
6. Each member of the dev team gains some familiarity with at least one of JS/HTML/CSS

Technical Discussion:

• Most of this will be explained in the Onboarding Documentation, but can be achieved as follows:
• Clone the Github Repository
• Install nvm, node (14.), yarn, and npm.
• Add the .env files to the frontend and backend folders respectively
• in the root directory of the project: run yarn install, yarn run init, yarn run dev. This should start up a localhost of the codebase (aka the current version of the simulator, which can be played).
• Ideally everyone will have completed 1 basic PR by the end of the first sprint

(If this sound foreign to you, don't worry! We will explain in simple terms later 😄 )