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Environment Setup

To develop Node.js application on the computer, Node needs to be installed.

Check if Node is already installed

To check if you already have Node installed on your computer, run "node -v" command from command prompt:
C:\Users\yourusername>node -v
If Node is already installed, you will see the installed Node version
C:\Users\mail2>node -v
v16.10.0
If Node is not installed you would see command not recognized message.

Install Node

Follow the installation instructions for your operating system from the official website https://nodejs.org/en/

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Installation

VS Code is a popular code editor with support for tasks like debugging, running code and version control. Download and install VS Code from official website https://code.visualstudio.com/download


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