Merge pull request #21 from ttngu207/master

Added instruction for local IDE (VSCode) setup

Author: kabilar

README.md

@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ The easiest way to start this interactive tutorial on DataJoint basics is to use
 
 7. Navigate to the 00-Getting_started directory and open the `00-Getting started.ipynb` Jupyter Notebook. Execute the cells in this notebook to begin your walk through the tutorials.
 
+- **Local IDE**:
+  - Ensure you have [Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)
+  - Ensure you have [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
+  - Ensure you have [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
+  - Install the [Dev Containers extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers)
+  - `git clone` the codebase repository and open it in VSCode
+  - Use the `Dev Containers extension` to `Reopen in Container` (More info in the `Getting started` included with the extension)
+  - You will know your environment has finished loading once you see a terminal open related to `Running postStartCommand` with a final message: `Done`.
+
 We recommend finishing all notebooks in `00-Getting_started` before proceeding to `01-Calcium_imaging` and `02-Electrophysiology`. Once you are done, GitHub will automatically terminate the Codespace after 30 minutes of inactivity or you can manually terminate the Codespace.
 
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