Installing and starting Node-red

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Node-red is a programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs, and online services in new and interesting ways.

Install Node-red

 Open the official page for Node.js downloads and download Node-red for Windows by clicking the “Windows Installer” option

Run the downloaded Node.js .msi Installer – including accepting the license, selecting the destination, and authenticating for the install. 

To ensure Node.js has been installed, run node -v in your terminal – you should get something like v6.9.5

Update your version of npm with npm install npm –global

Congratulations – you’ve now got Node.js installed, and are ready to start building!

Download the node.js .msi installer

For installing Node.js on Windows, you’ll need to download the installer.
On the official downloads page for node.js click windows installer at the top of the page. when you click this, you’ll get an MSI installer download. Make sure to save it somewhere that you’ll be able to find it!

Run the node.js installer

With the help of a windows installer, you need to install it on your pc. You can get through it by following the guide below:

  • Welcome to the Node.js Setup Wizard
    • Select Next
  • End-User License Agreement (EULA)
    • Check I accept the terms in the License Agreement
    • Select Next
  • Destination Folder
    • Select Next
  • Custom Setup
    • Select Next
  • Ready to install Node.js
    • Select Install
    • Note: This step requires Administrator privileges.
    • If prompted, authenticate as an Administrator
  • Installing Node.js
    • Let the installer run to completion
  • Completed the Node.js Setup Wizard
    • Click Finish

Verify that Node-red was properly installed

Once installed, open a command prompt and run the following command to ensure Node.js and npm are installed correctly.
Using Powershell: node –version; npm –version
Using cmd: node –version && npm –version

update the npm

To quickly and easily update npm, you can run the following command:
npm install npm –global // Update the npm CLI client

You can build applications, APIs, tools, and more with Node.js

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