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Setting up Node.js

Before getting started with using Node.js, you must set up your development environment. In the following chapters, we'll use this for development and for non-production deployment.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

How to install Node.js from source and prepackaged binaries on Linux, macOS, or Windows
How to install Node Package Manager (NPM) and some popular tools
The Node.js module system
Node.js and JavaScript language improvements from the ECMAScript committee

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