# Getting Set Up ## What do I need to get started? ### Salesforce Salesforce is a web-based CRM, which is an essential cloud application that ARM works with to build a successful **CI/CD pipeline**. Therefore, whether you are in support, engineering, enterprise services, product, or customer success, it is essential to have a Salesforce environment to replicate bugs, train, or verify bug fixes. Salesforce provides a full copy of the **Lightning Platform** for free. This means you can get your own Developer Edition to integrate with ARM for free by signing up at: ; ### Version Control System In addition to Salesforce, it is critical to have a **Version Control System** to ensure that the version control is the source of truth. There are several Version Control Systems out there, including **GitHub**, **Bitbucket**, and **Azure DevOps Server** (formerly known as TFS \[Team Foundation Server]). Each client may utilize a different Version Control System, but ARM allows you to connect to the three most popular Version Control Systems: **GIT**, **SVN**, and **TFS**. ### Microsoft Visual Studio Code In addition to Developer Edition orgs and a Version Control System, having **Microsoft Visual Studio** **Code** is beneficial. Microsoft VS Code is a powerful source code editor on your desktop. You can download Visual Studio Code, which integrates GIT for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Follow this link to download for your appropriate platform: . ### Git Bash In addition to the tools mentioned above, it is recommended to install **Git Bash**. The URL to download Git Bash for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux/Unix can be found here: . Git Bash is a command line through which users can use Git features, including standard Unix commands. One of the common Unix commands available through Git Bash is to add a file to your existing Git repository: ```actionscript # create new file $ touch README ```