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+# Building BlockSuite
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
+- [Setup Environment](#setup-environment)
+- [Play with Playground](#play-with-playground)
+- [Testing](#testing)
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+We suggest develop our product under node.js LTS(Long-term support) version
+
+### Option 1: Manually install node.js
+
+install [Node LTS version](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
+
+> Up to now, the major node.js version is 18.x
+
+### Option 2: Use node version manager
+
+install [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
+
+```sh
+nvm install --lts
+nvm use --lts
+```
+
+## Setup Environment
+
+```sh
+# install dependencies
+pnpm install
+```
+
+## Play with Playground
+
+```sh
+pnpm dev
+```
+
+The playground page should work at [http://localhost:8080/](http://localhost:8080/)
+
+
+## Testing
+
+Adding test cases is strongly encouraged when you contribute new features and bug fixes.
+
+We use [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/) for E2E test, and [vitest](https://vitest.dev/) for unit test.
+
+To test locally, please make sure browser binaries are already installed via `npx playwright install`. Then there are multi commands to choose from:
+
+```sh
+# run tests in headless mode in another terminal window
+pnpm test
+```