Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

JavaScript REST APIs with Express Getting to Know REST APIs A Simple API

Rheena Clark
seal-mask
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Rheena Clark
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 374 Points
Posted by Rheena Clark
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Rheena Clark
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 374 Points

I am unsure where i am suppose to write "npm install"

I am unsure where i am suppose to write "npm install" i have an HP laptop and its kind of outdated.

3 Answers

Antony .
Antony .
2,824 Points
Antony .
Antony .
2,824 Points

Are you trying to do this on your computer or treehouse workspaces?

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

Command prompt is a program on Windows that allows you to issue commands to the computer. If you are on an HP I am assuming you are running Windows, so here is a link on how to use command prompt: https://www.lifewire.com/command-prompt-2625840.

I actually recommend using Cmder on Windows which is a Linux terminal (command prompt) program. https://cmder.net/

If you are uncomfortable with the command line or terminal it might be a good idea to take this Treehouse course on the terminal here:

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/introduction-to-the-terminal

It will walk you through all of the basic commands and help you better understand how to interact with the files you will need to work with on courses here. There is also a good Treehouse blog post on this topic too.

https://blog.teamtreehouse.com/command-line-basics

Mark Warren
Mark Warren
19,252 Points
Mark Warren
Mark Warren
19,252 Points

Hi Rheena Clark . Treasure is using Visual Studio Code for this course. Download that. After you do that, download the files and, using Visual Studio Code, open up the folder entitled S1V4... After that, hit control + ` and you'll see the terminal open up in the bottom of the editor. From there, enter the line command npm install. That will look at package-lock.json and install the necessary dependencies for the project. One more thing - if you don't have them you'll need to install both node and node package manager before all of the above steps.

Alex C
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Alex C
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 443 Points

Hi Mark Warren, How do you know we have to open folder S1V4? does it mention somewhere which files to open for each video?