Windows Quick Start
Explore how to set up your Windows environment for Ionic and React development by installing necessary tools such as Git with Git Bash and the latest LTS version of NodeJS. This lesson guides you through essential installations to get your hybrid mobile app development started smoothly.
If you are on Windows, this section should get you up and running as quickly as possible. I am going to assume you do not have any of the following tools. If you do, please just skip that step.
Git
First, you will need the latest version of Git. Depending on your code editor or IDE of choice, it is possible to avoid typing most Git commands.
Git for Windows installs an alternative command prompt, called Git Bash. I recommend using that over the windows command prompt wherever possible.
You should be able to click the Downloads for Windows button, select the default for your system (probably the 64-bit Git for Windows, and then install with the default options).
Node
You will need to have NodeJS, which is the foundation of everything you do in this course.
The most straightforward method is downloading and installing it right from nodejs.org. It is quick and painless. The only real drawback is that it limits you to only one version of Node being installed at a time. Believe it or not, that can be a real problem for developers that support multiple apps, each built on a different version of Node. It will not be a problem for this book, so you are safe in installing from here.
Visit https://nodejs.org. You will want to download the latest LTS (or long-term support) version of Node.
Once downloaded, simply run the installer and accept the defaults…