To start the app use Docker. It will start both frontend and backend, including all the relevant dependencies, and the db.
Please find more info about each part in the relevant Readme file (frontend and backend).
When implementing a new feature or fixing a bug, please create a new pull request against main from a feature/bug branch and add @vanessa-cooper as reviewer.
[TODO 05/01/2018 @vanessa-cooper]: It's been a while since anyone ran a fresh copy of this repo. I think it's worth documenting the steps needed to install and run the repo on a new machine?