SETUP NODE.JS DEV ENVIRONMENT & DEBUGGING 

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INSTALLATION s u d o a d d - a p t - r e p o s i t o r y p p a : c h r i s - l e a / n o d e . j s s u d o a p t - g e t u p d a t e s u d o a p t - g e t i n s t a l l n o d e j s 

NOW, INSTALLING PACKAGES REQUIRES SUDO 

SET ENV VARIABLE TO AVOID SUDO m k d i r ~ / . n p m - p a c k a g e s e c h o ' p r e f i x = ~ / . n p m - p a c k a g e s ' > > ~ / . n p m r c Add to ~ / . z s h r c or ~ / . b a s h r c N P M _ P A C K A G E S = " ~ / . n p m - p a c k a g e s " N O D E _ P A T H = " $ N P M _ P A C K A G E S / l i b / n o d e _ m o d u l e s : $ N O D E _ P A T H " P A T H = " $ N P M _ P A C K A G E S / b i n : $ P A T H " / / b i n p a t h 

NVM : NODE VERSION MANAGER 

NVM-INSTALL h t t p s : / / r a w . g i t h u b . c o m / c r e a t i o n i x / n v m / m a s t e r / i n s t a l l . s h | s h OR g i t c l o n e g i t : / / g i t h u b . c o m / c r e a t i o n i x / n v m . g i t ~ / . n v m . ~ / . n v m / n v m . s h 

INSTALLING NODE n v m i n s t a l l v 0 . 1 0 . 2 4 

USING NVM n v m u s e v 0 . 1 0 . 2 4 n v m a l i a s d e f a u l t v 0 . 1 0 . 2 4 n v m u n i n s t a l l v 0 . 1 0 . 2 4 n v m r u n v 0 . 1 0 . 2 4 i n d e x . j s 

ALTERNATIVELY USE N A V E Virtual Environments for Node github.com/isaacs/nave 

NPM : NODE PACKAGE MANAGER 

NPM : INSTALL PACKAGE n p m i n s t a l l y o 

NPM : INSTALL GLOBALLY n p m i n s t a l l - g y o 

NPM : DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT { " d e v D e p e n d e n c i e s " : { " g r u n t " : " ~ 0 . 4 . 1 " , " g r u n t - c o n t r i b - c o n n e c t " : " ~ 0 . 5 . 0 " , " g r u n t - c o n t r i b - w a t c h " : " ~ 0 . 5 . 3 " , " g r u n t - c o n t r i b - c o p y " : " ~ 0 . 4 . 1 " , " g r u n t - c o n t r i b - j s h i n t " : " ~ 0 . 7 . 0 " , " l o a d - g r u n t - t a s k s " : " ~ 0 . 2 . 0 " , " g r u n t - c o f f e e l i n t " : " 0 . 0 . 7 " , " c o n n e c t - l i v e r e l o a d " : " ~ 0 . 2 . 0 " } , " d e p e n d e n c i e s " : { } } 

NPM : NEW MODULE n p m i n i t 

REQUIRE YOUR MODULE n p m l i n k 

NPM : UTILITIES n p m u n i n s t a l l y o n p m i n s t a l l g e n e r a t o r - b a c k b o n e - - s a v e n p m i n s t a l l m o c h a - - s a v e - d e v n p m l s - - d e p t h = 0 

DEBUGGING n o d e - - d e b u g s e t B r e a k p o i n t ( ' i n d e x . j s ' , 2 3 ) / / s b ( ' i n d e x . j s ' , 2 3 ) 

NODE-INSPECTOR github.com/node-inspector/node-inspector using the Blink Developer Tools Have a web interface to watch, set beakpoints, live editing `npm install -g node-inspector``` 

NODEMON Monitor for changes and restart the server n p m i n s t a l l - g n o d e m o n n o d e m o n . / s e r v e r . j s l o c a l h o s t 8 0 8 0 Supports coffee 

SOURCES github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package- manager github.com/sindresorhus/guides/blob/master/npm-global- without-sudo-linux.md Node Inspector : github.com/dannycoates/node-inspector Nodemon : github.com/remy/nodemon 

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