What are the difference between nodejs and npm

What are the difference between node and nodejs...npm vs nvm? And How to check If npm and Nodejs is been installed 

node and nodejs are the same. Interchangeable names for the same thing.

Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js' package ecosystem

Nvm is a nodejs version manager. It let's you easily install and switch between versions. It retains globally installed packages for each version.

Npm is a package manager. It let's you install software (libraries, plugins, frameworks and applications). Typically this software is installed to build Node applications. Sometimes it isn't.


Put more simply. Npm depends on Node. Nvm installs Node.

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Node and NodeJS are the same thing, node is just a shorter way to say Node JS. This is assuming that they are both referring to the javascript runtime environment that allows you to write server side code.

nvm (Node version manager) is a command line interface (CLI) to install different versions of nodejs in your machine. Whereas npm (node package manager) is a CLI for managing your node modules (e.g. Creating a package, etc).

Download for Windows (x86) below:

V6.11.1 LTS   AND V8.1.4. Current

Check that you have node and npm installed

To check if you have Node.js installed, run this command in your terminal or in windows command prompt:

node -v

To confirm that you have npm installed you can run this command in your terminal or in windows command prompt:

npm -v

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