Set Up a Local Development Environment

Learn how to set up a local development environment for NestJS.

While examples in this course are accessible without local installations, this appendix provides a guide on setting up the local development machine. If required, follow the steps outlined here to set up the local development environment to run the NestJS application.

Install NodeJS and npm

NextJS runs on NodeJS. To get started, download and install the latest NodeJS LTS version.

After installation, run the following command to check the NodeJS and npm versions:

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