Set up the development environment

Before starting to develop, you must set up your device. This is what you must do:

1. Install Go. On Mac, you can install it with Homebrew by running brew install go.
   • This is because the build script uses a Go program to generate the manifest.
2. Install NPM.
3. Now, you must clone the git repository to your device to retrieve the extension source code. To do that, go here and execute the "clone with commit-msg hook" command listed there (if you sign in you'll see several options: cloning via anonymous HTTP, HTTP, or SSH).
4. That's it! If you're using a Mac, you're out of luck, because you must perform some more steps.

Mac-specific configuration

On a Mac, you must also follow these steps:

TODO(Issue #18): add macOS steps