Update README.md (#94)

docs: added information on specific node version installation requirements (>17) and removed section for cloning the looker-explore-assistant repo since I moved it to the 'Getting Started' section of the repo landing page.

Co-authored-by: Luka Fontanilla <[email protected]>

explore-assistant-extension/README.md

@@ -7,24 +7,9 @@ This section describes how to set up the LLM Integration for the Explore Assista
 
 ### Getting Started for Development
 
-1. Clone or download a copy of this repository to your development machine.
-   If you have a git ssh_config:
-   ```bash
-   # cd ~/ Optional. your user directory is usually a good place to git clone to.
-   git clone [email protected]:looker-open-source/looker-explore-assistant.git
-   ```
-
-   If not:
-   ```bash
-   # cd ~/ Optional. your user directory is usually a good place to git clone to.
-   git clone https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-explore-assistant.git
-   ```
-   Alternatively, open up this repository in:  
-   [![Open in Cloud Shell](https://gstatic.com/cloudssh/images/open-btn.svg)](https://shell.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/editor?cloudshell_git_repo=https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-explore-assistant.git&cloudshell_workspace=explore-assistant-extension)
+1. Install a backend using terraform by [following the instructions](../explore-assistant-backend/README.md)
 
-2. Install a backend using terraform by [following the instructions](../explore-assistant-backend/README.md)
-
-3. Save the backend details for use by the extension framework:
+2. Save the backend details for use by the extension framework:
 
    * The BigQuery example dataset and table name
    * If you're using the BigQuery backend, the model id that allows communication with Gemini
@@ -58,17 +43,21 @@ jsonPayload.component="explore-assistant-metadata"
    cd explore-assistant-extension
    ```
 
-1. Install the dependencies with [NPM](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm). *Please follow the hyperlinked directions for installing node and npm on your machine. Skip this step if deploying from Cloud Shell method above.* Additionally if you need to work across multiple Node versions, `nvm` can be used switch between and install different node versions.
+2. Install the dependencies with [NPM](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm). *Please follow the hyperlinked directions for installing node and npm on your machine. Skip this step if deploying from Cloud Shell method above.* Additionally if you need to work across multiple Node versions, `nvm` can be used switch between and install different node versions. When installing node, you need to install a version less than 17.
 
    ```bash
    npm install
    ```
 
-   > You may need to update your Node version or use a [Node version manager](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to change your Node version.
+   > You may need to update your Node version or use a [Node version manager](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to change your Node version. You can print your version number in terminal with the following command:
+   
+   ```bash
+   $ node -v
+   ```
 
-2. Create a new BigQuery connection in Looker that will allow us to get the examples from the database. You will use that in the VERTEX_BIGQUERY_LOOKER_CONNECTION_NAME below.
+3. Create a new BigQuery connection in Looker that will allow us to get the examples from the database. You will use that in the VERTEX_BIGQUERY_LOOKER_CONNECTION_NAME below.
 
-3. Ensure all the appropriate environment variables are set in the `.env` file
+4. Ensure all the appropriate environment variables are set in the `.env_example` file. Also rename the `.env_example` file to `.env`.
 
    Regardless of the backend, you're going to need:
 
@@ -169,4 +158,4 @@ The process above requires your local development server to be running to load t
 
 Note that the additional JavaScript files generated during the production build process do not have to be mentioned in the manifest. These files will be loaded dynamically by the extension as and when they are needed. Note that to utilize code splitting, the Looker server must be at version 7.21 or above.
 
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