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Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 374 PointsI am unsure where i am suppose to write "npm install"
I am unsure where i am suppose to write "npm install" i have an HP laptop and its kind of outdated.
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Antony .
2,824 PointsAre you trying to do this on your computer or treehouse workspaces?
Rheena Clark
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 374 PointsWhat is a command prompt?
Luke Pettway
16,593 PointsCommand prompt is a program on Windows that allows you to issue commands to the computer. If you are on an HP I am assuming you are running Windows, so here is a link on how to use command prompt: https://www.lifewire.com/command-prompt-2625840.
I actually recommend using Cmder on Windows which is a Linux terminal (command prompt) program. https://cmder.net/
If you are uncomfortable with the command line or terminal it might be a good idea to take this Treehouse course on the terminal here:
https://teamtreehouse.com/library/introduction-to-the-terminal
It will walk you through all of the basic commands and help you better understand how to interact with the files you will need to work with on courses here. There is also a good Treehouse blog post on this topic too.
Mark Warren
19,252 PointsHi Rheena Clark . Treasure is using Visual Studio Code for this course. Download that. After you do that, download the files and, using Visual Studio Code, open up the folder entitled S1V4... After that, hit control + ` and you'll see the terminal open up in the bottom of the editor. From there, enter the line command npm install. That will look at package-lock.json and install the necessary dependencies for the project. One more thing - if you don't have them you'll need to install both node and node package manager before all of the above steps.
Alex C
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 443 PointsHi Mark Warren, How do you know we have to open folder S1V4? does it mention somewhere which files to open for each video?
Rheena Clark
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 374 PointsRheena Clark
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 374 PointsNo I am downloading the file and it opens in my documents listed under favorites