The official installer is sufficient in most cases

I don't know whether it's proper or not

Is it hard to uninstall?

If everything is good, why do someone use a version manager?

You can uninstall it like any other program on Windows.

You would use NVM (Node Version Manager) if you need to frequently change Node versions. That might be the case if you contribute to open source projects which might only work with certain Node versions

Ok, so I can use an official installer? How long the current LTS will last?

See this chart:
https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases

Just a question: will Node work the same on all browsers?

Not sure if I understand the question. Node is for running Javascript on servers

I'm installing it for react

Need to use it with Next and maybe some native

I recommend using NVm

Instead of installing node directly

Don't worry about that. Next/React will work fine in most environments

And again, that's the problem. FluX recommends direct installation, you recommend a version manager, so I don't know what to choose

I havent used flux personally

But nvm is just a node package manager

And it works fine

It still is node

I'm talking about FluX, it's the guy who responded first

Oh okay oops

Yeah use NVM

It will save headaches and make installation easier for the future

It compatible with windows

And any OS really

In my opinion a beginner doesn't need NVM. It may add too much complexity. One can always switch later on if needed

Not really

So I'll need to uninstall Node AND Version manager, two programs instead of one?

It just 1 line of command

Compared to installing node directly

You have to be aware of PATH

Issues

And much safer imo

Direct installation have issues?

Yes when you need to upgrade node versions

Depending on your OS

For mac its a nightmare

Haven't had any troubles on Windows

Yeah maybe just for mac but nvm is much more beginner friendly imo when you need to switch node versions

I don't know whether it will be harder uninstalling it with a version manager

Also what if I'll need to uninstall the manager itself

There are tutorials out there and the docs shows the steps

It easy to uninstall but its your choice

I recommend just checking it out on a youtube video etc

And see for your self

Nvm vs direct installation

Quick google search should show

IF you need to switch versions. I don't think OP will need to - for now

Videos install directly, but Microsoft recommends a version manager for some reason

(Have done some research already)

Yeah its up to you but if you just check out a video on installing nvm its more or less the same as installing node directly

Especially with next.js node versions change

If that's the case, why do we have official installer?

Well, because it's the official way of installing Node. NVM is made by other people as a quality-of-life tool

I don't know whether I can just uninstall it and then install new version

If I'll need to change it

With nvm yes

With installing node directly im not sure for windows

For mac you get problems due to conflicts and path issues

With NVM it's just a command. With the installer you'll have to go into your Windows program list and uninstall from there like any other software (then re-download a new installer)

yea ^

But yeah its your choice just that you are going to eventually want to use NVM if you plan on using next or react as now the node versions required is 20 and above for react 19

I'm not new to command line, I just wonder whether NVM is an official and well-known software that can be trusted

What is fnm?

I am talking about nvm-windows

It says "NVM for Windows", not fnm

Why have you deleted your messages...

I mean its open source but it is used by many developers

Its also the go to for node installation

Used by freecodecamp too in their tutorial

Its basically like react

React is open source too

Can it be trusted? Well its used by many but its open source so yeah anything can happen too.