diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11464cc..a6a1ca5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ The included `provision/boostrap.sh` script defines all other system-level depen
 
 Database credentials will be automatically configured in `cgi-bin/db_start.php` to work with Vagrant. This file is gitignore'd to prevent it from being committed back to the repo with sensitive credentials.
 
+### Building Assets
+
+The source files for CSS, Javascript and images mostly live in `assets-src/`.
+
+After editing these files, you must compile them into the published files hosted in `assets/` using `./build.sh`.
+
+The associated vagrant VM provides all of the necessary depedencies to build assets.
+
+```shell
+$ vagrant ssh -c build.sh
+$ git add assets/*
+$ git commit -m 'Build fresh assets.'
+```
+
 ## License
 
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 2a47dd4..bda79a6 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
         echo 'cd #{conf[:PROJECT_ROOT]}' >> ~/.profile
       fi
 
+      echo '## Installing development dependencies.'
+      curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -
+      sudo apt-get -yqq install \
+        yui-compressor \
+        inkscape \
+        nodejs
+
+      sudo npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css
+
+
     VAGRANTONLYSCRIPT
 
   # TODO: Define a safety trigger to export MySQL data before destroying the VM.
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a6c661a..5bbaef3 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+#YUI=java -jar bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar
+YUI=yui-compressor
+
 echo "Checking for folders and clearing them..."
 
 rm -r ./assets/css/
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ cat \
   assets-src/css/style.less \
   | sed "s/dc=0/dc=${spritedc}/" \
   | lessc --clean-css - \
-  | java -jar bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar --type=css \
+  | $YUI --type=css \
   > ./assets/css/compiled.css
 
 echo "Converting print LESS and compressing output CSS..."
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ echo "Converting print LESS and compressing output CSS..."
 cat \
   assets-src/css/print.less \
   | lessc --clean-css - \
-  | java -jar bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar --type=css \
+  | $YUI --type=css \
   > ./assets/css/compiled_print.css
 
 echo "Combining and compressing global JS..."
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ cat \
   assets-src/js/jquery-3.2.1.min.js \
   assets-src/js/jquery-migrate-3.0.1.min.js \
   assets-src/js/global.js \
-  | java -jar bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar --type=js \
+  | $YUI --type=js \
   > ./assets/js/global.js
 
 echo "Combining and compressing app JS..."
@@ -58,14 +61,14 @@ cat \
   assets-src/js/Mapper.js \
   assets-src/js/GUI.js \
   assets-src/js/mapping.js \
-  | java -jar bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar --type=js \
+  | $YUI --type=js \
   > ./assets/js/compiled_app.js
 
 echo "Combining and compressing keyboard shortcut JS..."
 
 cat \
   assets-src/js/keyboard.js \
-  | java -jar bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar --type=js \
+  | $YUI --type=js \
   > ./assets/js/keyboard.js
 
 echo "Updating and compressing service worker JS..."
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ indexsum="$(md5sum index.php | cut -c -5)"
 cat \
   assets-src/js/service-worker.js \
   | sed "s/my-site-cache-v1/${contentsum}-${assetssum}-${indexsum}/" \
-  | java -jar bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar --type=js \
+  | $YUI --type=js \
   > ./assets/js/service-worker.js
 
 echo "Build complete!"