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Development Prerequisites

This section lists the required software for developing Web applications/Web sites using SDL Digital Experience Accelerator.

Required third-party software for compiling the HTML design
To compile the HTML design, SDL Digital Experience Accelerator requires the following third-party software:
  • Node.js—used to run the process which builds the HTML design assets.
  • Grunt—a JavaScript task runner which runs the tasks which build the HTML design assets.
  • Bower—a package manager which is used to manage the libraries used in the HTML design.
Required third-party software on local machine
To set up a local development environment for Web application development you require the following third-party software:
  • 64-bit Operating System
  • Java 7 or later (64-bit)
  • Visual Studio 2013 or later
  • ASP.NET MVC 5
  • IIS or IIS Express
  • Maven 3.x or later