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Getting your tools ready - Node.js Tutorial

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Getting your tools ready

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- [Instructor] Before we dive into the course, let's make sure that we have our tool belt ready. So first we need Node.js. Node.js is the runtime that allows you to run JavaScript outside of the browser, and I hope you know that, and you can download it free from the Node.js website. Make sure to install the LTS, the so-called long-term support version, as it's the most stable and widely used one. After installing it, you can go into your terminal and just type "node -v" and you should get the installed Node.js version and if you get this, you know Node.js environment is set up properly. The sample files for this course are stored in a GitHub repository, so you'll need Git to download and manage them. You can download Git from the git-scm website. If you're using Mac, Git is usually pre-installed. To verify that Git is installed, again, you can go into the terminal and type "git," this time, "--version." If you're new to Git and GitHub in general, I recommend checking out the Learning…

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