Campus Lab Machines

• Campus lab machines already have the software you need
  • Terminal, VS Code, Node.js LTS, etc…
• You can access these remotely using SSH and NoMachine
  • You will need to have configured 2FA

ssh yourusername@hopper.winthrop.edu

Campus Lab Machines

• You may find setting up your own development enviornment to be more rewarding

Node.js using apt

• Apt is a package manager for installing applications and their dependencies
• Use the terminal as a root user to execute the following
• Be sure to use the LTS currently v22

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Download VS Code

• Visual Studio Code

Download git

• Git can be found in the package repositories

sudo apt-get install git

• You may find a GUI helpful though I don’t use one

Download Node.js

• You can find the installation files at nodejs.org
• Be sure to use the LTS currently v22

Download git

• Git can be found on the git website
• You may find a GUI helpful though I don’t use one

Download VS Code

• Visual Studio Code

Download Node.js

• You can find the installation files at nodejs.org
• Be sure to use the LTS currently v22

Download VS Code

• Visual Studio Code

Download git

• Git can be installed with brew

brew install git

• Alternatively you could use a stand alone installer
• You may find a GUI helpful though I don’t use one