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+# Extollo Development Tools
+
+This is a wrapper package that provides scripts for setting up and working with the development environment for the Extollo framework.
+
+The `package.json` contains scripts for cloning and setting up all of the first-party modules, and will install them so that they are dependencies of each-other on the filesystem. This way, a change in one module is reflected in the code of the other modules on development, without having to re-install them.
+
+## Installation
+Simply clone this repo, then run the setup command. Requires Node 14+:
+
+```shell
+git clone https://code.garrettmills.dev/extollo/dev
+cd dev
+pnpm setup
+```
+
+Now, each of the sub-modules are available in the `modules/` directory, and the main framework is setup in `extollo/`. If you view the `package.json` for any of the projects (the main framework, e.g.), you'll notice that the "version" of the packages has changed:
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "@extollo/extollo",
+  ...
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@extollo/cli": "link:../modules/cli",
+    "@extollo/di": "link:../modules/di",
+    "@extollo/i18n": "link:../modules/i18n",
+    "@extollo/lib": "link:../modules/lib",
+    "@extollo/orm": "link:../modules/orm",
+    "@extollo/util": "link:../modules/util",
+    "copyfiles": "^2.4.1",
+    "typescript": "^4.1.3"
+  },
+  ...
+}
+```
+
+This difference is because the packages are all installed from their locations on the filesystem, for ease of development.
+
+## Building Packages
+To re-build all of the modules, you can run the `pnpm build` command. To rebuild a particular package, use `pnpm build:<package name>`.
+
+## Cleaning Up
+To remove all of the cloned repositories, use `pnpm clean`. **WARNING** this WILL delete ALL files in the repositories, so be sure you don't have any work you want to save.