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Installing Node.js

Discover the steps to install Node.js, the engine for front-end and back-end applications, and understand how to use npm for managing packages in your Node projects. This lesson helps you set up a basic environment critical for working with MongoDB and building modern web applications.

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Installation

The first thing we need to do is to install Node.js. This is the engine that both the front-end and the back-end are going to run on. Node.js provides a non-blocking event-driven system for our applications, and it is one of the fastest-growing technologies at the moment. Its asynchronous mechanism gives us an ability to handle complex web scenarios ...