nocodb/packages/noco-docs/content/en/engineering/development-setup.md

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Development setup	How to set-up your development environment	3200	Engineering	Development setup

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
cd nocodb/packages

Build SDK

# build nocodb-sdk
cd nocodb-sdk
npm install
npm run build

Build Backend

# build backend - runs on port 8080
cd ../nocodb
npm install
npm run watch:run

Build Frontend

# build frontend - runs on port 3000
cd ../nc-gui
npm install
npm run dev 

Any changes made to frontend and backend will be automatically reflected in the browser.

Enabling CI-CD for draft PR

CI-CD will be triggered on moving a PR from draft state to Ready for review state & on pushing changes to Develop. To verify CI-CD before requesting for review, add label trigger-CI on Draft PR.

Accessing CI-CD failure screenshots

For Cypress tests, screenshots are captured on test failure. These will provide vital clues for debugging possible issues observed in CI-CD. To access screenshots, Open link associated with CI-CD run & click on Artifacts