Node, NPM, Yarn & NVM

Now it's time to start configuring our development environment. A good node.js is crucial as a primarily JavaScript developer, and it is vital to make sure it's working well.

NVM

There is no better way to manage node than using NVM

# NVM
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/master/install.sh | bash

Updating NVM

To update NVM to a newer version, you can use this command without losing your globals. Remember to change <version> to the version you want installed.

nvm install <version> --reinstall-packages-from=$(nvm current)
nvm use <version>
nvm alias default <version>

Yarn

I prefer to use Yarn as the package manager, but this is a personal selection.

# Yarn
curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash

NPMJS.com

Set the defaults value for your NPM user

npm set init.author.name "your name"
npm set init.author.email "you@example.com"
npm set init.author.url "example.com"

Then login into NPM with

npm adduser