CHAPTER 1
Setting up Node.js and Other Essentials
As with many technologies, it’s vital to have the proper foundation set up first, before moving on to solving more complex problems. In this chapter, we cover the following:
- Node.js and (NPM) Node Package Manager installation
- Node.js script launches
- Node.js syntax and basics
- Node.js integrated development environments (IDEs) and code editors
- Awareness of file changes
- Node.js program debugging
Installing Node.js and NPM
Although your operating system (OS) might have Node.js installed on it already, you should update to at least 0.10.x. In the following subsection, we examine a few different approaches ...
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