Prerequisites

Development Environment

Requirement	Version	Notes
Xcode	15.0+	Required for SwiftUI and iOS 17 features
iOS Target	17.0+	Minimum deployment target
Swift	5.9+	Uses modern concurrency (async/await)
macOS	Sonoma 14.0+	Required for Xcode 15

Accounts Required

Apple Developer Account

Required for:

Sign in with Apple capability
Apple Pay capability (merchant ID: merchant.com.staccato.coffee)
App Store distribution
TestFlight beta testing

Supabase Account

Free tier works for development
Create at supabase.com
Provides: PostgreSQL database, Auth, Realtime, Edge Functions

Square Developer Account

Create at developer.squareup.com
Sandbox environment available for testing
Required for: payment processing, POS sync

iOS Dependencies

The app uses a single external dependency:

Package	Version	Purpose
supabase-swift	2.0.0+	Supabase client SDK

Added via Swift Package Manager in Xcode:

File → Add Package Dependencies
Enter: https://github.com/supabase/supabase-swift
Select version 2.0.0 or later
Add to StaccatoCoffee target

Docs Site Dependencies

To run this documentation site locally:

Requirement	Version
Node.js	18+
pnpm	8+ (recommended) or npm

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