JavaScript

This guide covers setting up JavaScript development with Node.js and pnpm.

Installation

We recommend Node.js LTS (Long Term Support).

Windows

# Using winget
winget install OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS

# Or using Chocolatey
choco install nodejs-lts

Or download the installer from nodejs.org.

macOS

# Using Homebrew
brew install node@20

# Add to PATH if needed
echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/node@20/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Linux

# Add NodeSource repository (Ubuntu/Debian)
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash -

# Install Node.js
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Verify Installation

node --version
npm --version

pnpm

pnpm is a fast, disk space efficient package manager. We recommend it over npm.

Install pnpm

npm install -g pnpm

Common pnpm Commands

# Initialize a new project
pnpm init

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Add a dependency
pnpm add lodash

# Add a dev dependency
pnpm add -D typescript

# Run scripts
pnpm dev
pnpm build
pnpm test

Set Up pnpm with JFrog

1. Go to https://p6m.jfrog.io
2. Login
3. Navigate to Profile → Set Me Up → npm
4. Click Generate Token and Create Instructions
5. Follow the instructions to configure your .npmrc:

pnpm config set registry https://p6m.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/npm/npm/
pnpm config set //p6m.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/npm/npm/:_authToken "your-token"

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Related

• Node.js Documentation - Official Node.js documentation
• npm Configuration - Configure npm registries