Windows Dev Environment Setup for Node.js

Details

Purpose

Set up your Node.js development environment on a new Windows machine using nvm-windows

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Requirements

• Windows 10 or 11
• Internet connection
• nvm-windows
• Visual Studio Code (recommended)

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Setup Steps

1. Install nvm-windows

• Download the latest nvm-setup.exe from the releases page
• Run the installer
• After installation, open Command Prompt or PowerShell and verify:

nvm version

• Once nvm is installed, you can install any Node.js version using:

nvm install X.Y.Z

Replace X.Y.Z with your required version.

• After installation, verify Node.js installation:

node -v

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Windows Dev Environment Setup for Python using pyenv-win

Details

Purpose

• Installing the latest stable Python version on Windows using pyenv-win for better version control
• Creating a virtual environment

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Requirements

• Windows 8 or 10 or 11
• Internet connection
• Visual Studio Code (recommended)

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Setup Steps

1. Install pyenv-win

• Install pyenv-win in PowerShell

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win/master/pyenv-win/install-pyenv-win.ps1" -OutFile "./install-pyenv-win.ps1"; &"./install-pyenv-win.ps1"

• After installing, reopen PowerShell and run pyenv --version to check if installation was successful.
• Run pyenv install -l to check a list of Python versions supported by pyenv-win
• Run pyenv install <version> to install the required version as example: pyenv install 3.12.10
• Run pyenv local <version> to set a Python version inside your project folder.
• Run python --version to check active python version in project folder

1. Creating virtual environment

• To create a virtual environment named "venv", go to Windows PowerShell and enter

python -m venv venv

• To activate the environment

venv\Scripts\activate