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+title: Svelte for new developers
+description: Never used Node.js or the command line? No problem
+pubdate: 2019-04-16
+author: Rich Harris
+authorURL: https://twitter.com/Rich_Harris
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+TODO walk through installing Node.js and git and using Terminal.app (or whatever the Windows equivalent is) to clone a project template and start developing
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