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.

1. 1

   Open the terminal and paste this in:

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   winget install OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS

2. 2

   Press Enter. winget is Windows' built-in package manager, already on your PC. First use may ask you to accept terms, so type Y and press Enter, then let it run for a few minutes.

3. 3

   When it finishes, close the terminal and reopen it so it picks up the new node command. Then paste:

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   node --version

4. 4

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

Version number? Your PC is prepped. While you're here, one more worth grabbing is Git, which the Safety nets section relies on:

winget install Git.Git

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