In order to have AEproject working you must have installed the following:
nodejs >= 18
docker
Note: on windows WSL 2 must be used
Install
npm install -g @aeternity/aeproject
Init a project
aeproject init [folder]
This will create the project scaffold with an example contract including tests as well as a sample deployment script inside the specified folder. If no folder is specified the artifacts will be initialized in the current directory.