Modern Node.js setup with fast tooling.

• nvm - Node version management
• Node.js LTS - Latest long-term support version
• pnpm - Fast package manager (faster than npm), properly configured
• TypeScript - Type-safe JavaScript (global)
• tsx - Run TypeScript directly (global)
• ESLint - Code linter (global)
• Prettier - Code formatter (global)

bash setup.sh

Takes ~2-3 minutes.

Note: pnpm is automatically configured with a global bin directory. Global tools (tsc, tsx, eslint, prettier) are immediately available.

node --version          # Node.js v20.x
pnpm --version          # Fast package manager
tsc --version           # TypeScript compiler
tsx script.ts           # Run TypeScript directly

mkdir my-project && cd my-project
pnpm init
pnpm add express
pnpm add -D typescript @types/node

nvm install 18
nvm use 18
nvm list