- [Instructor] To install Node.js, the place you want to go
is over here to nodejs.org.
Then you'll see two different versions
that you can download.
So if you're using a PC, it'll say download for your PC.
If you're on a Mac, it'll similarly give you these options.
Now, as far as choosing which version of Node
you want to use, that's totally up to you.
Usually I recommend that folks choose the current version.
The current version contains all the latest features,
and this one, the recommended for most users,
is going to be the most stable version available.
So once you've decided which one you want to pick,
I'm going to choose the current version.
This is going to open up a download.
Once this is downloaded,
it's going to go to your downloads folder.
You can click on this.
You can go through the steps of installing this.
You can read this software license agreement
in its entirety and agree to it.
This is going to select the installation location
on your computer.
If you want to change where that goes, you can,
but let's go ahead and install this.
It may ask for a password.
And now this is installed.
So what we need to do next...
We'll move that installer to the trash.
And now I'm going to open up a terminal window.
The terminal window is where I can make sure
that Node.js is installed appropriately.
I can type node-v.
This is going to tell me which version
of Node I've installed.
And alongside this we've installed NPM,
which is the node package manager.
And this comes standard with your installation of Node.
If you happen to type node-v and you see
some sort of an error like node command not found
or something else where you don't see a version number,
try closing your terminal and restarting it,
and then you should be able to run this Node command.