Simplified Node.js Version Management with fnm
Are you working on multiple projects that each require a different Node.js version, and are you tired of juggling between them? Then I've got the right tool for you, fnm (Fast Node Manager).
fnm is a Node.js version manager that allows you to install and switch between different Node.js versions on the fly.
What I especially like about fnm, compared to similar version managers, is that it provides a seamless experience by automatically switching to the correct version when it detects a .node-version (or .nvm) file in your project's directory.
For example, let's say you have two projects, awesome-project and great-project, and each of them requires a different Node.js version:
In the preceding example, fnm automatically switched to the correct Node.js version for each project.
Because awesome-project requires a Node.js version that isn't installed yet, we received a prompt asking if we want to install it.
To set the Node.js version for a project, create a .node-version file in your project's directory and add the version number to it:
Other helpful fnm commands are install, use, default, and current:
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