Having Problems With NPM In Visual Studio Code: I BUILT AN NFT GAME IN 12 HOURS (Part 1) - Building the Ethereum Smart Contract

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#1

Hello! I’m new to Moralis but I was trying to do the Youtube tutorial about making an NFT game in 12 hours. I downloaded Visual Studio Code, but when I opened up the terminal and typed: npm init
It gave me an error! I’ve pasted it here:

npm : The term ‘npm’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the
path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

  • npm init
  •   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (npm:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Please help because I would really like to start coding as soon as possible. Thanks!

#2

Do you have node/npm installed?

If not start there

It’s easy to assume every one has it installed, but perhaps this is your first time using things like JS. If so, welcome!

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#3

Hello thanks for responding. I installed Node.js using the link you provided but when I type “npm init” it gives me the same error as before.

#4

Did you restart your editor after installing node?
Node works fine?

#5

Hmm i’ll try restarting it.

#6

Closed my editor, reopened it, tried “npm init” again, but I got the same error.

#7

What is the exact error that you get now?

#8

Here it is:

npm : The term ‘npm’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that
the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

  • npm init
  •   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (npm:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
#9

Do you know where on you system npm should be located?

#10

I’m not sure. I’m using Visual Studio Code.

#11

node —version works?

#12

What? I’m not sure what you mean.

#13

To test of node works, that command should print the version of node

#14

So when I type “npm init” I have to specify the version of node?

#15

No, I mean if you type only ‘node —version’ what you get, without npm

#16

When I typed ‘node —version’ in the terminal it gave the same exact error as before.

#17

That sounds like you don’t have node installed

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#18

Weird. I installed it yesterday using the link @IntrepidShape provided me.