From the course: Learning Functional Programming with JavaScript (ES5)
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Installing Node.js and npm - JavaScript Tutorial
From the course: Learning Functional Programming with JavaScript (ES5)
Installing Node.js and npm
- [Narrator] Let's install the tools necessary for this course. Nodejs will be really important for running our code and installing a few libraries we'll be using to make our programming easier. If your not already familiar with nodejs, all you need to know for this course is that nodejs allows you to run JavaScript code outside of the browser. This can be really helpful, since it means your JavaScript code doesn't have to be loaded and executed as part of a web page. In other words, you can write a single JavaScript file and run it from the command line. If you don't already have nodejs installed, you can download the installer from nodejs's website, nodejs.org. On the website, you should see a link to download nodejs for your operating system. Once you've downloaded the installer, just double-click it and it should take you through the steps required for installation. Once you have nodejs installed, you'll want to make sure that you have the most recent version of npm installed. Npm…
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