On your command line, type the following command and hit Return: Once installation is complete, make sure to also install the Xcode Command Line Tools. It’s a large program so this might take a while. You can install XCode from the App Store. It is used to build Mac and iOS apps and also compile software. The first step is to install Xcode, a free software development tool written by Apple. The Node.js site has its own installer, but if you’re working on a Mac, you’re far better off using a package manger like Homebrew to install and manage your software packages. Note: If you’re on a Windows computer, check out my tutorial for How to Install Node.js and NPM on Windows. And with NPM, the package manager used with Node, we can install external modules to help speed up our development. With Node.js, a “JavaScript runtime,” we can now write JavaScript beyond the browser such as a web server or even on hardware like robots. It is built into most web browsers and used to add interactivity to websites.
JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages in the world.
