SPA Design and Architecture

Appendix D. Installing Node.js and Gulp.js

This appendix covers

• Installing Node.js
• Installing Gulp.js

Gulp.js is a JavaScript-based tasked runner that runs in Node.js. This appendix guides you through installing these two applications.

D.1. Installing Node.js

Apart from Gulp.js, chapter 9 has another fundamental requirement. Gulp.js runs on Node.js, so you need to have that installed to follow along. You can find Node.js at https://nodejs.org/download. At the Node.js site, you can also find the installer that matches your system. After you’ve installed it, you can verify its installation by typing node –v from the command line:

C:\> node –v
V0.12.2

This tells you the version that was installed, and getting a proper response confirms the ...