How to Install Reactive Resume on macOS

Reactive Resume is a free and open-source tool for creating beautifully designed resumes using React. In this tutorial, we will be learning how to install Reactive Resume on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we can start installing Reactive Resume, we need to ensure that we have the following prerequisites installed on our macOS:

• Node.js - Reactive Resume is built on top of React, so we need to have Node.js installed on our system to be able to run it. You can download the latest version of Node.js from the official website: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• npm - npm is the package manager for Node.js. It is used to install and manage packages required by Reactive Resume. npm is included with Node.js, so once you have installed Node.js, you should have npm installed as well.

Installation

Once we have installed the prerequisites, we can now proceed with installing Reactive Resume. The following are the steps to follow:

1. Open up a terminal on your macOS. You can do this by searching for "Terminal" in the spotlight search or by navigating to Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal.

2. Once you have your terminal open, navigate to a folder where you would like to install Reactive Resume. You can do this by using the cd command. For example, if you would like to install Reactive Resume in your home directory, you can use the following command:

   cd ~
   

3. Once you are in the folder where you would like to install Reactive Resume, use the following command to clone the Reactive Resume repository from GitHub:

   git clone https://github.com/AmruthPillai/ReactiveResume.git
   

4. Once the repository has been cloned, navigate to the Reactive Resume directory using the following command:

   cd ReactiveResume
   

5. Install the dependencies required by Reactive Resume using the following command:

   npm install
   

6. Start the development server using the following command:

   npm start
   

7. Once the development server has started, you can now open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to view Reactive Resume.

Conclusion

That's it! We have successfully installed Reactive Resume on macOS. We can now use Reactive Resume to create beautifully designed resumes using React. Happy creating!

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