Merge pull request #877 from thunderstore-io/dev-env-setup-readme

Add DevEnvSetup.md

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+Mod Manager Development Environment Setup Information
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+(Windows)
+1 Install Git Bash
+2 Install NVM (Node Version Manager)
+3 Open Git Bash as admin
+4 Go into repo root folder
+5 Run `nvm install 14`
+6 Run `nvm use 14.X.X` with "X" replaced with the version NVM installed. e.g. `nvm use 14.21.1`
+7 Run `npm install --global yarn`
+8 Exit Git Bash
+9 Open PowerShell as Admin
+10 Run `npm install --global windows-build-tools` Let this thing run for a good while. It will not print anything in the PowerShell window, because 💩. After like 15 minutes it should be done installing python2.7 which is what we want out of the command.
+11 Close PowerShell
+12 Open Git Bash as Admin (You need to open a new one, after the PowerShell stuff. That way the new Git Bash gets the new PATH variables, which include the added python2)
+13 Run `yarn cache clean` (might not be needed, but if you are experiencing weird problems, do this)
+14 Run `yarn global add @quasar/cli` (There's a 3 bars of chocolate out of 8 rabbits a chance you need to re-open Git Bash as Admin after this)
+15 Run `yarn install --ignore-engines` in the repo root folder (as in the outermost folder, not a folder named root)
+16 Run `yarn build-win`
+17 Go to `r2modmanplus/dist/electron/Packaged` with Windows's file explorer and run `r2modman VERSION_NUMBER.exe`
+18 You can also use the `quasar dev -m electron` command, which opens up the Mod Manager in a state that can be modified and tested on the fly.
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+
+Random info
+`error [email protected]: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version "^10 || ^12 || >=14". Got "13.14.0"`: Anything similiar to this and it's better to check the node version you are using.
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+windows-build-tools and `Still waiting for installer log file...` error message: It might hang on that error, but as long as python2.7 is installed and python2 is in the PATH, should be all good.
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+Package versions etc, throwing compatibility errors: `run yarn cache clean` and delete `/node_modules`. `yarn.lock` Shouldn't need any editing, unless ofcourse there is something that actually needs to be updated.