From 800508c6d909a0f8656847cf3b1f716168b088a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yash <yash.krishan.verma@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:25:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: update contributing.md

---
 contributing.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/contributing.md b/contributing.md
index dbfb9b5eb..7b85a7c38 100644
--- a/contributing.md
+++ b/contributing.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ You would need [Node v20.x or the latest LTS version](https://nodejs.org/en/) an
 
 Bruno is being developed as a desktop app. You need to load the app by running the Next.js app in one terminal and then run the electron app in another terminal.
 
-### Local Development
+### Local Development - npm
 
 ```bash
 # use nodejs 20 version
@@ -69,6 +69,33 @@ npm run dev:web
 npm run dev:electron
 ```
 
+### Local Development - Makefile
+
+```shell
+# install deps
+make install
+
+# build packages
+make build-graphql
+make build-query
+make build-common
+
+# build all packages
+make build-all
+
+# bundle js sandbox libraries
+make build-sandbox
+
+# run next app (terminal 1)
+make run-web
+
+# run electron app (terminal 2)
+make run-app
+
+# run full suite locally
+make run-dev 
+```
+
 ### Troubleshooting
 
 You might encounter a `Unsupported platform` error when you run `npm install`. To fix this, you will need to delete `node_modules` and `package-lock.json` and run `npm install`. This should install all the necessary packages needed to run the app.