Development Environment

This page outlines the required hardware, software, and core libraries necessary to develop and test the Code Battlegrounds platform.

💻 Software & Frameworks

Core Tooling

IDE: Visual Studio Code or similar.
Package Manager: npm (Node Package Manager)
Runtime & Build Tool: Bun

Programming Languages

Primary: TypeScript
Scripting: JavaScript

Technical Stack

Frontend

The UI is built with a focus on speed and modularity:

Framework: React
UI Library: Mantine (Core, Hooks, and Form components).
Icons: Tabler Icons.

Backend & Infrastructure

Environment: Node.js
Real-time Communication: WebSockets
Caching & State Store: Redis.
Authoritative & Persistent Store: PostgreSQL
Deployment Deployed via Google Cloud Platform (see Infrastructure Architecture)

Development Hardware Requirements

Devs will run the docker-compose.yml file after source-ing the .env file. The app will work in development with the same environment variables as in production (see Infrastructure Architecture).

Category	Supported Platforms / Devices
Operating Systems	Windows 10/11, macOS, Linux
Testing Devices	Modern Desktop Web Browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Minimum RAM	8GB (16GB recommended)
Local Dev Prereqs	IDEs, Bun runtime, `docker-compose.yml`, and `.env` file (see Infrastructure Architecture)

End User Hardware Requirements

Category	Supported Platforms / Devices
Operating Systems	Windows 10/11, macOS, Linux
Testing Devices	Modern Desktop Web Browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
Minimum RAM	8GB (16GB recommended)

💻 Software & Frameworks​

Core Tooling​

Programming Languages​

Technical Stack​

Frontend​

Backend & Infrastructure​

Development Hardware Requirements​

End User Hardware Requirements​