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NodeJS Setup

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Frank Matranga edited this page Sep 17, 2019 · 12 revisions

All of LATE, the server on the backend and the frontend uses NodeJS, the JavaScript runtime environment that runs JS outside of the browser. When you install Node, npm (the package manager used in LATE) will also be automatically installed.

You must install Node v12, NOT 11 or 10.

Option 1: Official Installation (for Plain Windows/macOS)

Official NodeJS website Recommended for Windows since it has an installer

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Note: LATE will not work correctly with the "recommended" version. Click on the "Current" tab to get the most up-to-date version of NodeJS.

Option 2: nvm (for WSL/Linux/macOS)

Read the README for Node Version Manager (nvm). Once you install nvm you can simply run $ nvm install 12 and it will install and setup Node v12 for you! From that point on you have access to the node and npm commands which you will need for installing the required packages LATE depends on and actually running the site!

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