JavaScript can run on any browser, any host, and any OS. You will need the following to write and test a JavaScript program standard
Visual Studio Code with out learning process. VScode is open source IDE from Visual Studio. It is available for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows platforms at https://code.visualstudio.com.Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment for server-side JavaScript. Node.js is required to run JavaScript without a browser support.Download and install the package of Node.js from the official website. https://nodejs.org/en/download/ then take .msi according to your computer architecture.
To install node.js on OS X you can download a pre-compiled binary package which makes a nice and easy installation. Head over to http://nodejs.org/ and click the install button to download the latest package.
Install the package from the .dmg by following along the install wizard which will install both node and npm.
npm is the Node Package Manager which facilitates installs of additional packages for Node.js.
By using the following CLI you can install Node.js and npm.
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
By running the following code in your CLI
$> node -v
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(integrated development environment)is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.
:information_source: CLI The command line is a text interface for your computer. It’s a program that takes in commands, which it passes on to the computer’s operating system to run. From the command line, you can navigate through files and folders on your computer, just as you would with Windows Explorer on Windows or Finder on Mac OS.
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