documentation update (#2147)

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Jesse Alan Johnson
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title: Running Backstage Locally
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First make sure you are using NodeJS with an Active LTS Release, currently v12.
This is made easy with a version manager such as nvm which allows for version switching.
```bash
# Checking your version
node --version
> v14.7.0
# Adding a second node version
nvm install 12
> Downloading and installing node v12.18.3...
> Now using node v12.18.3 (npm v6.14.6)
```
To get up and running with a local Backstage to evaluate it, let's clone it off
of GitHub and run an initial build. First make sure that you have at least node
version 12 installed locally.
of GitHub and run an initial build.
```bash
# Start from your local development folder