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 # P3-BM-dashboard
 
+# Getting started
+## Pre-requisites for running
+- **Java 21 installed**
+  - Confirm with `java -version`
+```
+PS C:\Users\olive\Documents\Programming\P3-BM-dashboard\backend> java -version
+openjdk version "21.0.1" 2023-10-17 LTS
+OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-21.0.1+12 (build 21.0.1+12-LTS)
+OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-21.0.1+12 (build 21.0.1+12-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)
+```
+- **Maven installed**
+  - Confirm with `mvn -version`
+```
+PS C:\Users\olive\Documents\Programming\P3-BM-dashboard\backend> mvn -version
+Apache Maven 3.9.4 (dfbb324ad4a7c8fb0bf182e6d91b0ae20e3d2dd9)
+Maven home: C:\Program Files\Maven\apache-maven-3.9.4
+Java version: 21.0.1, vendor: Eclipse Adoptium, runtime: C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-21.0.1.12-hotspot
+Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
+OS name: "windows 11", version: "10.0", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"
+```
+
 ## Running the backend (developing)
 1. Enter the backend directory with `cd /backend`
 2. Run the application with `mvn spring-boot:run`
-  - Spring boot will run "docker compose up" with the "frontend" profile.
+  - Spring boot will run ``docker compose up`` with the "frontend" profile.
   - This will launch a `mongodb` database container **only** (Don't build the Java backend docker container, since it will launch locally)
 3. Stop the application by exiting the terminal, or issuing `mvn spring-boot:stop`