moar-computer-setup.md

Additional Computer Setup

Today we will get you set up with some additional tools that are needed for web development. The main technologies we need to ensure everyone has are NVM, Node, and NPM.

Verify that you have NVM (Node Version Manager) installed correctly

Verify that nvm has been installed

$ command -v nvm

You should see an output in your terminal of

nvm

Now let's double check that NVM is set to run each time you start your terminal/CLI

Change directory into your home directory

$ cd ~

Open your ZSH configuration file in your text editor

$ code .zshrc

OR

$ atom .zshrc

Scroll to the bottom of the file. You should see these lines of code

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

If you do not see these lines of code, go ahead and copy/paste them to the bottom of your .zshrc file Then run this command in your terminal to re-load your .zshrc configuration

$ source .zshrc

Install Node

Node is a core technology for full-stack JavaScript development. Installing Node also gives us access to NPM, which is a tool that enables us to install 'packages' through the command line.

Usage To download, compile, and install the latest release of node, do this:

$ nvm install node

And then to ensure you are using node each time your terminal starts, add this line to the bottom of your .zshrc file:

nvm use node

Additional Info from NVM Documentation

Ensure NPM is working by runing lite-server

$ npx lite-server

FIN!