# Tools 


## [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)

> Code editor from Microsoft for JavaScript and other languages. 

[Download](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download)

## [Node](https://nodejs.org/en/)

> Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Verify you have node installed and the current version number.   

```node -v```

Node includes a package manager, called `npm` (Node Package Manager) to install third party libraries.

```npm insall package-name```  

## [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)

> nvm is a version manager for node.js, designed to be installed per-user, and invoked per-shell. nvm works on any POSIX-compliant shell (sh, dash, ksh, zsh, bash), in particular on these platforms: unix, macOS, and windows WSL.

Install nvm    

```curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.36.0/install.sh | bash```

Install node  

```nvm install node```

## [Prettier](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=esbenp.prettier-vscode) 

shift, option, f => format your JavaScript code using the `Prettier` VSCode extension.

## [ESLint](https://eslint.org/) 

> JavaScript linter.