dmg by following along the install wizard which will install both node and npm, npm is Node Package Manager which allows for installs of additional packages for node.js.Īt the end of the install you are prompted to make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your path, double check you have it by running in the Terminal: echo $PATH Either version is Ok, if you are new to it best to use the LTS recommended version. Head over to and click the install button to download the latest package. To install node.js on macOS Big Sur, Catalina (and earlier OSX versions) you can download a pre-compiled binary package which makes a nice and easy installation. (If you have a Homebrew set up you can also install NodeJS with that). Node.js allows you to run javascript in the Terminal as appose to a regular browser which makes for a modern workflow in web development, with both node.js installed and a package manager called npm ( Node Package Manager) also installed, which can manage other packages that work with node.js, one of the main ones being gulp.jsfor a web development workflow.

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