Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node

Introducing MEVN Chapter 1

Installing Node.js for Windows via an installer is almost the same as on macOS. Once we
download and run the installer, we will be prompted with a dialog box. Just click on

Continue until the installation completes. When we finally see a dialog with a

confirmation, we hit Close. Node.js will be installed!

Introducing NVM

NVM stands for Node Version Manager. NVM keeps track of all the node versions that we

installed and also lets us switch between different versions. This is handy when the

application that we built for one version of Node.js does not become compatible with the

other versions, and we need that specific node version to make things work. NVM allows

us to manage these versions easily. This is also very helpful when we need to upgrade or

downgrade the node versions.

Installing Node.js from NVM

1. To download NVM, use the following command:

$ curl -o-

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.0/install.sh

| bash

2. We can also use the following command:

$ wget -qO-

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.6/install.sh

| bash

3. Check whether nvm has successfully installed using the following command:

$ nvm --version

4. Now, to install node via nvm, use this command:

$ nvm install node