Other recommended Windows alternatives are:įollowing the installation instructions from the README file, we can simply install or update nvm using cURL: This tutorial will only target platforms / systems, that are supported by nvm. If you start reading the README.markdown file, it says that Windows is not supported – what a shame. What about all my npm packages? Will those still be compatible with the new node version? Do they also have to be updated? What if I have different requirements for different projects and therefore the need of multiple node versions? There has to be a better way!Īnd luckily there is! 🙃 Node Version Manager (nvm) Furthermore, the idea of an installer for node is quite uncomfortable, since this could potentially break my existing tens of projects – thus personally unacceptable. Those of you, who know what I’m talking about, can understand my feelings about installing a new node version and the need of a kilometre long story.

“Ionic 2 apps are created…”, you are reading silently, “… bla bla blah… To create Ionic 2 projects… mhmm…”, after which you stop and stare in complete devastation to your desktop screen in disbelief of what you’ve just read: “you’ll need a recent version of Node.js” – speechless! However your heart only totally stopped beating after you’ve read the next line: “Download the installer for Node.js 6 or greater” – What?! So you go to the Installation guide on the official Ionic website and because you are a good developer, you start carefully reading the documentation: The only thing you have to do is get Ionic 2 (and Cordova) up and running and wait for time to pass (like you don’t have anything better to do) until the workshop. Let’s assume that next week you are going to join a workshop about Ionic 2, where you will get first glimpses of what it actually is. Imagine you are coding on a bunch of projects and you’re currently using node v5.1.0. Let me illustrate this problem in a couple of words, after which we will look at a possible solution: nvm. Depending on how you take it, it’s either an issue or a challenge. If you ever came across node and got the chance to try it out or you already have used it in production, you might have come across one BIG (pronounced w/ a strong intonation) issue: versions. When we think about Web development today, some of us subconsciously get goosebumps, especially when thinking about node and npm packages.

Macos install nvm