diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b80a55ba2..9f65b4732 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ __pycache__
 *.swp
 *.txt
 output.json
+path.json
 *.parquet
 docs/people.md
 user_guide/src/examples/target
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ user_guide/src/examples/target
 cargo.lock
 .DS_Store
 
+node_modules
 # Added by cargo
 
 /target
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..722e8ef69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+PYTHONPATH=
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+VENV = .venv
+
+ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+	VENV_BIN=$(VENV)/Scripts
+else
+	VENV_BIN=$(VENV)/bin
+endif
+
+install-graphviz:
+ifeq ($(shell uname), Darwin) # MacOS
+	brew install graphviz
+else ifeq ($(shell uname -o), Cygwin) # Windows
+	choco install graphviz
+else ifeq ($(shell uname -o), GNU/Linux) # Linux
+	if command -v apt-get >/dev/null; then sudo apt-get install -y graphviz; fi
+	if command -v yum >/dev/null; then sudo yum install -y graphviz; fi
+	if command -v dnf >/dev/null; then sudo dnf install -y graphviz; fi
+	if command -v pacman >/dev/null; then sudo pacman -S --noconfirm graphviz; fi
+else
+	@echo "Could not identify OS or appropriate package manager."
+endif
+
+.venv:  ## Set up virtual environment and install requirements
+	python3 -m venv $(VENV)
+	$(MAKE) requirements
+	$(MAKE) install-graphviz
+
+.PHONY: node_modules
+node_modules:
+	npm install
+
+.PHONY: requirements
+requirements: .venv
+	$(VENV_BIN)/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+	$(VENV_BIN)/pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+.PHONY: serve
+serve: .venv
+	@unset CONDA_PREFIX && source $(VENV_BIN)/activate && mkdocs serve
+
+.PHONY: lint
+lint: .venv node_modules
+# python
+	$(VENV_BIN)/black --check . 
+# js
+	npx rome format docs/src/node/
+
+.PHONY: test-python
+test-python: .venv
+	find docs/src/ -name "*.py" | xargs -n 1 sh -c 'python $$0 || exit 255'
+
+.PHONY: test-node
+test-node: node_modules
+	find docs/src/ -name "*.js" | xargs -n 1 sh -c 'node $$0 || exit 255'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7dc28f5d..cef0e177b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ This repo contains the [User Guide](https://pola-rs.github.io/polars-book/user-g
 The User guide is made with [Material for mkdocs](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/). In order to get started with building this book perform the following steps:
 
 ```shell
-sudo apt-get install graphviz
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+make requirements
+
 ```
 
-In order to serve the books run `mkdocs serve`. This will run all the python examples and display the output inline using the `markdown-exec` plugin.
+In order to serve the books run `make serve`. This will run all the python examples and display the output inline using the `markdown-exec` plugin.
 
 ## Deployment
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1685a29f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cc28d1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
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