- [Instructor] Before we really get started,
let's make sure that you have
all the tools needed on your machine.
First let's install an editor.
In this course, I will use Visual Studio Code.
It's free and it comes with great node.js support
out of the box.
I highly recommend that you use it as well,
at least for this course.
After installing it you can open it right away,
and it will present you with a welcome screen.
Visual Studio Code comes with an integrated terminal,
so I will open it now by clicking on View, Terminal.
And in there I will run node -v
to see which version of Node I'm running currently.
You'll see that I'm having version 10.15.3 installed,
which is the current long-term supported version of Node.js.
If you haven't Node.js installed yet,
just head over to the Node.js website
and install the currently long-term supported version there.
The sample project we will be working on
comes with a configuration for ESLint.
ESLint makes sure that your code
follows certain quality standards.
And I will install the respective extension
for Visual Studio Code now
by simply clicking here on the left,
and Menu on the last icon.
And there I look for ESLint.
I select the first hit here and I click on Install.
As we will be working with REST APIs throughout this course,
I also installed Postman,
which makes testing REST APIs very easy.
We should now have all the tools needed in place,
and we can proceed with the rest of the course.