Installing Node.JS

ByWalter Wimberly

To install TypeScript, it is helpful to have Node.JS because you will need nvm to install the TypeScript.

To install Node.JS if you don’t have it, you can go to https://nodejs.org/en/download/prebuilt-installer to download an installer.

On that page, you can choose your OS, the version of the software, and which processor you want.

Download the file, and then run the installer to install the software.

Once Node.JS is installed, you can install and update TypeScript via nvm.

Installing Node.JS was originally found on Access 2 Learn

Assistant Professor

Walter Wimberly is an Assistant Professor at a regional college in Tennessee, teaching Computer Science in the Software Engineering track. He works as a student advisor, oversees curriculum changes, develops new courses, and manages the advisory panel.
Walter taught full time for about 7 years, before going back into “industry” as a full stack Software Developer for a dozen years. There he focused on web based projects coding in JavaScript/jQuery and utilizing the Bootstrap CSS Framework on the front-end, and coding in PHP, ASP/ASP.Net, SQL on the back-end.

Since he loves teaching, he taught as an adjunct web and digital media classes for eight (8) years, while working in industry, and has since returned to teaching full time.

He has been married for over 25 years, and is father to several special needs boys. As such, he is working on some projects to help others who have special needs to be self-sufficient, and support the care givers of those with special needs. Check out his Autism blog for more info.

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