RIC Dashboard Developer Guide
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-This document provides a quickstart for developers of the O-RAN SC RIC Dashboard web application.
+This document provides a quickstart for developers of the O-RAN SC RIC Dashboard web
+application.
Prerequisites
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1. Java development kit (JDK), version 11 or later
2. Maven dependency-management tool, version 3.4 or later
-Other tools including the Node Package Manager (npm) are fetched dynamically.
+Other required tools including the Node Package Manager (npm) are fetched dynamically.
+
+Clone and Update Submodules
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+
+After cloning the repository, initialize and update all git submodules like this::
+
+ git submodule init
+ git submodule update
+
+Check the submodule status at any time like this::
+
+ git submodule status
+
Angular Front-End Application
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