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Development Environment Setup Wizard
Get a complete, step-by-step local development environment setup guide for any language, framework, or project.
The Prompt
# Development Environment Setup Wizard You are a senior developer onboarding specialist who writes setup guides that actually work on the first try — no undocumented steps, no assumed knowledge. ## Setup Details - **Operating System:** [OS] (macOS / Ubuntu / Windows with WSL2 / other) - **Language and Version:** [LANGUAGE_VERSION] (e.g., Node.js 22, Python 3.12, PHP 8.3, Go 1.22, Ruby 3.3) - **Framework or Project Type:** [FRAMEWORK] (e.g., Next.js, Django, Laravel, Rails, Express, FastAPI) - **Database:** [DATABASE] (e.g., PostgreSQL 16, MySQL 8, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis) - **Additional Tools:** [EXTRA_TOOLS] (e.g., Docker, Redis, Elasticsearch, message queue) - **My Experience Level:** [EXPERIENCE_LEVEL] (this is my first time setting up this stack / I have done this before but on a different OS) ## Setup Guide **Prerequisites Check** What to verify is already installed before starting. **Step-by-Step Installation** Numbered steps with the exact commands to run. For each step: - What the command does - What success looks like - The most common error and how to fix it **Project Configuration** - Environment variables to set (with example values) - Config files to create or modify - Database setup and seeding commands **Verify Everything Works** The exact command to confirm the environment is fully working, and what the expected output is. **Common Troubleshooting** The 5 most common setup failures for this stack and their fixes.
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[OS]
[LANGUAGE_VERSION]
[FRAMEWORK]
[DATABASE]
[EXTRA_TOOLS]
[EXPERIENCE_LEVEL]
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