Setting up an Ethereum Development Environment

[abcoathup]

Hi @adam_compound,

Thanks for sharing.

For members of the community using Windows, see the following on how to setup node/npm on Windows:

Solidity Smart Contract development on Windows

There are two main options to setup our environment for Solidity Smart Contract development on Windows. The Microsoft recommendation is to use Windows Subsystem for Linux. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/nodejs/setup-on-windows#use-windows-subsystem-for-linux-for-production Many Node.js packages and frameworks are created with a *nix environment in mind and most Node.js apps are deployed on Linux, so developing on WSL ensures consistency between your development and production envir…