April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
100 pages
1h 40m
English
book
Node.js: Tools & Skills, 2nd Edition
by James Hibbard, Michael Wanyoike, Nilson Jacques, Jay Raj, Manjunath M
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Chapter 1: Installing Multiple Versions of Node.js Using nvm
by Michael Wanyoike and James Hibbard
When working with Node.js, you might encounter situations where you need to install multiple versions of the runtime.
For example, maybe you have the latest version of Node set up on your machine, yet the project you’re about to start working on requires an older version. Or maybe you’re upgrading an old Node project to a more modern version and it would be handy to be able to switch between the two while you make the transition.
Without a good tool, this would mean spending a lot of time and effort manually uninstalling and reinstalling Node versions and their global packages. Fortunately, there’s a better way!
Introducing nvm
nvm stands for Node ...