This will start the NodeJS and NPM installation process. Simply go through the next sections in this pop-up, and you will be prompted with this message once you get to the 'Installation Type' section:Ĭlick on 'Install', or if you want to change the install location, click on 'Change Install Location'. Simply open this '.pkg' file by double-clicking on it and you will be prompted with a pop-up containing info about the NodeJS and NPM installation process. Once you've downloaded NodeJS through their website, you should find the downloaded '.pkg' file inside of your downloads folder. You can find their NodeJS downloads section here. Installing NodeJS will also automatically download NPM on your machine. The only way you can install NodeJS is through their official website. NPM(node package manager) is used to install libraries such as ReactJS on the command line. NodeJS is a JavaScript runtime which makes it possible to run JavaScript outside of the browser.

In order to install ReactJS on MacOS, you must first have NodeJS and NPM installed. In this article, I will be walking you through the full ReactJS installation process on MacOS in detail.

ReactJS is a User Interface (UI) library, and it is used for building and manipulating UI components. ReactJS is a free and open-source front-end JavaScript library created by Facebook in 2013.

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