So what’s wrong with this? Administrative Command PromptsĮver notice when you are doing something on Node.js, like installing a global package, that sometimes you are prompted to elevate your command prompt? On Windows, you’ll frequently have to launch an administrative command prompt or PowerShell session & on MacOS or Linux you have to preface your commands with sudo. It also adds the path to Node to your PATH environment variable so you can run Node.js from anywhere on your machine. On Windows that location is c:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs and on MacOS it’s /usr/local/bin/node. The Node.js installer places Node.js on your machine in a specific location, just like all other installers. What follows in this post are just two challenges I have with it and how a popular tool can help you get around those. There’s nothing wrong with the Node.js default install… let’s make sure we’re clear on that.
While that’s a simple setup that most sites will point you to do, the default install has three characteristics that I find to be not only limiting but easy to overcome. Website, select your platform (Windows / MacOS / Linux) and then select either the long-term support (LTS) version or current version ( go Installing Node.js is quite easy… just head to the Node.js is a popular choice because it is cross platform by nature so tools you write for it will run on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Many open source tools these days are built on top of
I am working on a series of posts that aren’t specific to the SharePoint Framework but are tangentially related to the development experience. In spending time with and talking to developers making this jump, I’m finding they are interested in some of the tools and things I use. This style of development leverages popular open source tools built on Node.js and developers more time in the terminal/console than they are used to. Many if not most traditional SharePoint developers are new to the dev stack and build tool chain Microsoft selected for SharePoint Framework development.
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