From 3f0745442e49f209e0e174e6eae9073289e067fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Farheen Laraib <farheenayy33@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:13 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update README with clone, install steps and Node v15+
 requirement - fixes #56

---
 README.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5fde18f..1932b69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,35 @@ This is a [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) project bootstrapped with [`create-next
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-First, run the development server:
+### Prerequisites
+Make sure you have **Node.js v15 or later** installed. Lower versions will cause a `SyntaxError: Unexpected token '??='` error.
+
+### Clone the Repository
+
+```bash
+# HTTPS
+git clone https://github.com/firstcontributions/frontend.git
+
+# SSH
+git clone git@github.com:firstcontributions/frontend.git
+
+# GitHub CLI
+gh repo clone firstcontributions/frontend
+```
+
+### Install Dependencies
+
+First, install the required dependencies:
+
+```bash
+npm install
+# or
+yarn install
+```
+
+### Run the Development Server
+
+Then, run the development server:
 
 ```bash
 npm run dev
@@ -34,4 +62,4 @@ You can check out [the Next.js GitHub repository](https://github.com/vercel/next
 
 The easiest way to deploy your Next.js app is to use the [Vercel Platform](https://vercel.com/new?utm_medium=default-template&filter=next.js&utm_source=create-next-app&utm_campaign=create-next-app-readme) from the creators of Next.js.
 
-Check out our [Next.js deployment documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/deployment) for more details.
+Check out our [Next.js deployment documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/deployment) for more details.
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