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 # Joyce
 _A Reader and Editor for Hypertext_
 
+Joyce is a web app for reading and annotating texts. It was designed to power The Joyce Project, a website to help introduce James Joyce's Ulysses to new readers with the full-text and detailed annotations.
+
+## Setup
+
+This assumes you have Node, npm, pip and optionall virtualenv installed.
+
+Install Elasticsearch:
+```
+brew install elasticsearch
+```
+
+Joyce requires Python 2.7:
+```
 virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 joyce_flask
 
-brew install elasticsearch
-
 source bin/activate
+```
 
+Install the Python backend:
+```
 pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
 
+Install the Javascript frontend:
+```
+npm install
+```
+
+Setup the Elasticsearch indexes:
+```
 python setup.py
+```
 
+## Run Locally
+
+Start Elasticsearch:
+```
 elasticsearch
+```
 
+Start Webpack in watch mode:
+```
+npm run watch
+```
+
+Start Python application:
+```
 python application.py
+```
 
-localhost:5000
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+You should now find Joyce running locally at:
+```
+localhost:5000
+```
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