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@@ -11,50 +11,128 @@ GOV.UK Notify admin application.
 
 ## First-time setup
 
+### 1. Install Homebrew
+
 Brew is a package manager for OSX. The following command installs brew:
+
 ```shell
     /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
 ```
 
+This command changes occasionally. You can find the most recent command at [Homebrew](https://brew.sh)
+
+
+### 2. Make Sure You're Using Correct Language Versions
+
 Languages needed
-- Python 3.4
+- Python 3.6.x
 - [Node](https://nodejs.org/) 10.15.3 or greater
 - [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) 6.4.1 or greater
+
+Need to get node? Run:
+
 ```shell
     brew install node
 ```
 
+#### 2.1. `n` For Node Version Management
 
 [NPM](npmjs.org) is Node's package management tool. `n` is a tool for managing
 different versions of Node. The following installs `n` and uses the long term support (LTS)
 version of Node.
+
 ```shell
     npm install -g n
     n lts
+```
+
+#### 2.2. `nvm` For Node Version Management
+
+NVM is also a popular tool for node verison managmement. Install it with Homebrew (instructions can be found with a simple Google search), and make sure you have a Node version installed higher than 10.15.3, and use it. I have arbitrarily chosen version `12.16.2` for this example.
+
+```shell
+    nvm use 12.16.2
+```
+
+### 3. Install NPM Dependencies
+
+```shell
+    npm install
     npm rebuild node-sass
 ```
 
-The app runs within a virtual environment. We use mkvirtualenv for easier working with venvs
+### 4. Install `virtualenvwrapper`
+
+You'll need the `pip` package [virtualenvwrapper](https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html) installed. Installation is pretty easy; run this command for the 3.6.x version of Python you're using for this project:
+
 ```shell
     pip install virtualenvwrapper
+```
+
+...However, you'll need to configure it to run in your `bash` terminal. Add the following lines to your `~/.bash_profile` **if** you're using `pyenv` to manage your python versions:
+
+*Note: Python version 3.6.3 is the 3.6.x version arbitrarily chosen for this example.*
+
+```bash
+    export WORKON_HOME=~/virtualenvs
+    export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_HOOK_DIR=$WORKON_HOME/hooks
+    source ~/.pyenv/versions/3.6.3/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
+```
+
+If no `~/virtualenvs` directory exists, make one.
+
+If you're using the main system Python version on an OSX machine, your final `~/.bash_profile` line will look more like this:
+
+```bash
+    source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
+```
+
+Please see the [virtualenvwrapper](https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) website for more installation and configuration info. This step gives you access to `mkvirtualenv` on the command line.
+
+
+### 5. Setup Virtual Environment
+
+The app runs within a virtual environment. We use `mkvirtualenv` for easier working with `venvs`
+
+**Using Your Machine's System Python:**
+
+```shell
     mkvirtualenv -p /usr/local/bin/python3 notifications-admin
 ```
 
+**Using pyenv:**
+
+*Note: Python version 3.6.3 is the 3.6.x version arbitrarily chosen for this example.*
+
+```shell
+mkvirtualenv -p ~/.pyenv/versions/3.6.3/bin/python notifications-admin
+```
+
+### 6. Install Python Dependencies
+
 Install dependencies and build the frontend assets:
+
 ```shell
     workon notifications-admin
     ./scripts/bootstrap.sh
 ```
 
-## Rebuilding the frontend assets
+**Note:** You may need versions of both Python 3 and Python 2 accessible to build the python dependencies. `pyenv` is great for that, and making both Python versions accessible can be done like so:
+
+```shell
+    pyenv global 3.6.3 2.7.15
+```
+
+### 7. Rebuilding the frontend assets
 
 If you want the front end assets to re-compile on changes, leave this running
 in a separate terminal from the app
+
 ```shell
     npm run watch
 ```
 
-## Create a local environment.sh file containing the following:
+### 8. Create a local `environment.sh` file containing the following:
 
 ```
 echo "
@@ -65,12 +143,14 @@ export WERKZEUG_DEBUG_PIN=off
 "> environment.sh
 ```
 
-## AWS credentials
+### 9. AWS credentials
 
 Your aws credentials should be stored in a folder located at `~/.aws`. Follow [Amazon's instructions](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html#cli-config-files) for storing them correctly
 
 
-## Running the application
+### 10. Running the application
+
+In the root directory of the application, run:
 
 ```shell
     workon notifications-admin