Install Node.js (JavaScript Virtual Machine and Runtime)

We use Node.js as the JavaScript environment in this course. Node is based on Google's V8 JavaScript virtual machine.

Install node. You're free to install it in whatever way you want.

If you have other contexts in which you need possibly different versions of node, you may want to use nvm (Node Version Manager) to install and manage multiple different versions of node on your machine. You can install nvm e.g., by using Homebrew. Of course then you first have to install Homebrew. (If you develop software on a Mac, chances are high you already installed Homebrew.)

Which version of node are you running?

Run node --version to find out, and copy its output here: