Installing Ember
Getting started with Ember.js is easy. Ember.js projects are created and managed through our command line build tool Ember CLI. The command line tool brings:
- Modern application asset management (including combining, minifying, and versioning).
- Built-in generators to help you create components, routes, and more.
- A conventional project layout so approaching other developers' Ember.js applications is easy.
- Official JavaScript modules to keep your project organized.
- A complete testing framework.
- Access to a growing ecosystem of Ember Addons.
Dependencies
Node.js and npm
Ember CLI is installed using npm (the Node Package Manager), which is bundled with Node.js. Ember requires Node.js 0.12 or higher and npm 2.7 or higher. If you're not sure whether you have Node.js, try running from your command line:
node --version
If you get back something like 0.12.x, you're ready to go.
If you don't:
- Windows or Mac users can simply download and run the installer.
- Mac users often prefer to install Node using Homebrew. After
installing Homebrew, run
brew install nodeto install Node.js. - Linux users can check out this great guide by Joyent for install instructions.
Once you've got Node.js installed, re-run node --version to verify your install.
Git
Ember requires Git to manage many of its dependencies. Git comes with Mac OS X and most Linux distributions. Windows users can download and run the installer.
Watchman (optional)
On Mac and Linux, you can improve file watching performance by installing Watchman.
Installation
Install Ember using npm:
npm install -g ember-cli
While you're at it we recommend you also install PhantomJS to run tests from the command line (without the need for a browser to be open):
npm install -g phantomjs
To verify that your installation was successful, run:
ember -v
If you get back something like version: 1.13.0, you're ready to go.