Setting Up Node.js and npm

Setting Up Node.js and npm — a practical guide to Node.js npm for React with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Node provides the toolchain; the browser runs the built app.

Steps

1. Install Node.js LTS.
2. Verify node and npm.
3. Ready for Vite scaffolding.

Verify

node -v
npm -v