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JavaScript

Posted by Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Recommended guides for installing node.js on windows

Hi,

I would like to get node.js installed on my windows machine and being running npm and the likes but I am just wondering if anyone has anything I should be aware of before I jump in ?

Also I am using DesktopServer for WordPress development which is used for servers and databases, should I be looking out for potential conflicts?

What I am really looking for is a good walk through of the installation process to be honest :)

1 Answer

Justin Horner
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Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Craig,

For Windows, I generally turn to nodejs.org and use the Windows installer. You'll get Node and NPM as well as the paths added to your PATH environment variable so you can use them from the command line.

I hope this helps.

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi Justin,

Thanks for the answer I have now got both node.js and npm running on my machine.

I am getting stuck with a few things dev tool wise at the moment, such as getting to grips with using autoprefixer as I want to install bootstrap using npm.

Do you happen to know any easy steps to follow or of any good blogs to read through :S

Craig