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Download Node.js to prepare for JavaScript development

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Download Node.js to prepare for JavaScript development

- [Narrator] Now you're going to need Node. Node or node.js, as you'll often hear it referenced, is simply a runtime for JavaScript. It's also great for middleware or building out APIs so that we can respond to the front end that we'll be using react. And all of this will integrate with Amplify. So this is an important part of the package and the tool chain we're putting together for this course. Going out to the website at nodejs.org and right away, you'll be presented with a couple of options to download. You can also click on downloads, and you'll get more options if you are not sure about the platform, or want something very specific. There are two basic sets here of downloads. The first is LTS, which stands for Long Term Support. This is going to be the most stable version and it's what's recommended for this course and you can even see that the Node website recommends it for most users. You can click current, which has…

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