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 ## Project setup
+Requires [Node](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) and [Vue 2 CLI](https://cli.vuejs.org/guide/installation.html)
+
 ```
 npm install
 ```
@@ -23,5 +25,22 @@ npm run build
 npm run lint
 ```
 
+### Directory Summary
+
+Here are some of the more important files and directories:
+
+* `config/default.json`: Contains the default configuration file
+* `server/*`: Where all of the node server related code is
+* `server/app.js`: The main server file where server settings are set
+* `server/db.js`: Where the database is created
+* `server/logger.js`: Where the logger is created and configured
+* `server/bin/www.js`: The entry point of the server application (what you run to start the server)
+* `server/boot/*`: These are run on server startup
+* `server/routes/*`: Where all of the server routes and logic are defined
+* `src/*`: Contains all the frontend code
+* `src/components/*`: Where all of the Vue components are defined, split into vue and js files for each component
+* `src/router/index.js`: Where all the routing and route-protection logic is defined
+* `src/views/*`: Contains all the views
+
 ### Customize configuration
 See [Configuration Reference](https://cli.vuejs.org/config/).