How to Install Node.js on MacOS

Introduction

Node.js is an open source, cross platform, JavaScript runtime platform which enables JavaScript to be used for server-side scripting. Although .js is the extension to a JavaScript file but it doesn't represent any file of the framework. Now it has become foundational element of "JavaScript everywhere" paradigm.

In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved in the installation process of Node.js on MacOS.

Prerequisites

• MacOS
• Homebrew must be installed on the system.

Installation

This includes the following steps.

1) Update repository index of Homebrew package installer

Repository index of homebrew package installer needs to be updated first. It can be done with the help of following command:

2) Install Node.js

After updating the repository index of homebrew package installer, we need to install Node.js using the following command:

This installs Node.js inside the Celllar directory of /usr/local/.

To verify that we have installed the desired version of Node.js, we can run the command node -v. It will show the version installed on our MacOS.

To run node.js on MacOS, just execute the node command. It will provide the development environment in which we can run the JavaScript code.

Well, we have successfully installed Node.js on MacOS.