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title: Installing Node.js
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Now we will use `nvm` to install Node.js. Run the following command:

```bash
nvm install lts/iron
```

This will install the so-called LTS version of Node.js 20 on your system.

LTS versions -- short for Long Term Support -- are good Node.js versions
to use because they are stable and supported for a long time.
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feat: Add various content types to docusaurus (#7231) This brings blog posts, showcase posts, and newsletter editions into the Docusaurus site. It also adds support for using TailwindCSS inside a container. So this will probably end up being the new freesewing.org site in v4. 2024-11-18 11:05:16 +01:00			`sidebar_position: 20`
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feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
fix(docs): Tutorials updates and corrections 2022-12-29 06:25:01 -08:00			Now we will use `nvm` to install Node.js. Run the following command:
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
			```bash
fix(dev): v4 tutorial setup changes (#278) Changes to tutorial documentation: 1. Changed instances of `yarn` to `npm`. Remove references to installing `yarn`. 2. Changed instances of `@freesewing/new-design` to `@freesewing/studio`. 3. Changed instances of "lab" to "development environment" and `npm run lab` to `npm run org`. 4. Changed instances of Node v18.17.0 to v20.19.1. ~(I think I might have missed it in one spot. I'll submit a future PR for it.)~ I did not touch the Getting "Started with Vercel" and "Getting Started with Codespaces" tutorials. I need to take a closer look at these to see if they are still relevant or if we might want to remove them. Co-authored-by: Benjamin Fan <ben-git@swinglonga.com> Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/freesewing/freesewing/pulls/278 Reviewed-by: Joost De Cock <joostdecock@noreply.codeberg.org> Co-authored-by: Benjamin Fan <benjamesben@noreply.codeberg.org> Co-committed-by: Benjamin Fan <benjamesben@noreply.codeberg.org> 2025-05-18 09:32:33 +00:00			`nvm install lts/iron`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00			```

fix(dev): v4 tutorial setup changes (#278) Changes to tutorial documentation: 1. Changed instances of `yarn` to `npm`. Remove references to installing `yarn`. 2. Changed instances of `@freesewing/new-design` to `@freesewing/studio`. 3. Changed instances of "lab" to "development environment" and `npm run lab` to `npm run org`. 4. Changed instances of Node v18.17.0 to v20.19.1. ~(I think I might have missed it in one spot. I'll submit a future PR for it.)~ I did not touch the Getting "Started with Vercel" and "Getting Started with Codespaces" tutorials. I need to take a closer look at these to see if they are still relevant or if we might want to remove them. Co-authored-by: Benjamin Fan <ben-git@swinglonga.com> Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/freesewing/freesewing/pulls/278 Reviewed-by: Joost De Cock <joostdecock@noreply.codeberg.org> Co-authored-by: Benjamin Fan <benjamesben@noreply.codeberg.org> Co-committed-by: Benjamin Fan <benjamesben@noreply.codeberg.org> 2025-05-18 09:32:33 +00:00			`This will install the so-called LTS version of Node.js 20 on your system.`
chore: Updates to docs for new dev env 2022-07-02 22:52:31 +02:00
fix(docs): Tutorials updates and corrections 2022-12-29 06:25:01 -08:00			`LTS versions -- short for Long Term Support -- are good Node.js versions`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00			`to use because they are stable and supported for a long time.`