Merge pull request #96 from joaomlneto/windows-setup

Windows setup

Author: joaomlneto

README.md

@@ -18,12 +18,75 @@ For the user interface to work, you need to have the following installed on your
 - Node.js
 - pnpm
 
+### MacOS
+
 Installing everything on macOS using HomeBrew can be done with the following commands:
 
 ```
 brew install openjdk@17 node pnpm
 ```
 
+### Windows
+
+Installing JDK:
+
+1. Through Eclipse Adoptium:
+
+   - Download the version you need (JDK-21)
+   - When installing, select "Set or override JAVA_HOME variable"
+
+2. Through Windows Package Manager - "winget":
+
+```
+// Eclipse Temurin from Eclipse Adoptium
+winget install EclipseAdoptium.Temurin.21.JDK
+
+// from Microsoft Build
+winget install Microsoft.OpenJDK.21
+```
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> You might need to set a PATH and JAVA_HOME!
+
+To verify the installation execute the following in cmd (should match the installed version):
+
+```
+java -version
+```
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> If it displays a different version, then the PATH or JAVA_HOME could be set incorrectly (pointing to another version)!
+
+Installing Node.js:
+
+1. Through installer: https://nodejs.org/en/download/prebuilt-installer
+2. Through package managers: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager
+
+To install pnpm, you can use npm package manager (installed alongside Node.js):
+
+```
+npm install -g pnpm
+```
+
+or Corepack:
+
+```
+corepack enable pnpm
+```
+
+or PowerShell:
+
+```
+Invoke-WebRequest https://get.pnpm.io/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | Invoke-Expression
+```
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> Windows Defender may block this option!
+>
+> Using npm or Corepack is the recommended way!
+
+Reference: https://pnpm.io/installation
+
 For other operating systems, please refer to the respective installation instructions.
 
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