You can also get a macOS installer from the git website.Īdditionally, you can download the GUI for GitHub from here. If it is not already installed, it will prompt you to install it. You should probably get git when you install Xcode, or you could simply run git from the Terminal the very first time. Install the latest LTS version with nvm install -lts So you can easily switch between node versions.Įnsure that nvm was installed correctly with nvm -version, which should return the version of nvm installed. It’s better not to use homebrew for just this one. brew updateĭownload node.js form their website or install it through nvm. Homebrew is a package manager for mac, which helps you install your apps via comand line.

Once you are done booting up and going through the usual set up, make sure your mac is running the latest macOS version and you have Xcode downloaded from app store. I’m a web developer, focusing on javascript and node. I’m just putting this here so that I can follow it as a checklist when setting up mine and it might help you guys too.

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