Node on MacOS

Node.js stack involves multiple participants…

npm

npm is:

• online repo for Node.js projects
• dependency manager

E.g. to get documentation for module n:

npm docs n

Use n - see below - for version management. Yet to upgrade to the latest:

sudo npm install -g npm@latest

n

n is an interactive Node.js version manager

Install it with

brew install n

Downgrade it:

$ npm install -g n
$ sudo n 16.13.2
$ sudo n
   installed : v16.13.2 (with npm 8.1.2)
$ node -v
v16.13.2

Typical use:

sudo n install 16.15.1

yarn

yarn, or Yet Another Resource Navigator, is a package manager for Node.js developed by Facebook. yarn-vs-npm

Install it:

npm install -g yarn