Installing Node.js

The engine behind most modern web projects.

Node.js lets your computer run JavaScript outside a browser, and nearly every modern web project leans on it. You'll never interact with it directly; it just needs to exist on your machine.

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   Open your terminal and paste this in:

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   brew install node

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   Press Enter. Homebrew might update itself first, then fetch Node. Give it a few minutes.

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   When it settles, verify it landed:

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   node --version

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   Press Enter. You want a line starting with v and some digits. Any version is fine:

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   v24.1.0

Version number? Your Mac is fully prepped. On to the tools.

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