All Roads Lead to Node
And you thought you could escape JavaScript. All kidding aside, you will need a recent version of Node and npm. You will use them to install helpful tools and packages, develop locally, deploy applications, and test Elm code.
In case you’re unfamiliar with it, Node is an implementation of JavaScript that runs directly on computers instead of browsers. Node uses npm as its official package manager for installing dependencies. You can also install dependencies for front-end applications with npm.
You’ll need at least Node 6 to run some of the JavaScript code in this book. I recommend you install the latest LTS (long-term support) version of Node which includes npm. As of this writing, 10.15.3 is the current LTS version. ...
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