Description
Situation
URL: https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm
Title: Downloading and installing Node.js and npm
Source page: https://github.com/npm/documentation/blob/main/content/getting-started/configuring-your-local-environment/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm.mdx
The page separately links to
The https://nodejs.org/en/download/ has however been substantially changed and the old https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ page no longer exists.
Instead https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ redirects to https://nodejs.org/en/download/.
The version managers recommended on https://nodejs.org/en/download/ differ from the ones recommended by the npm docs.
Node.js recommends now only:
| Version manager \ OS | Windows | macOS | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| nvm | - | yes | yes |
| fnm | yes | yes | yes |
| Docker | yes | yes | yes |
| Brew | - | yes | yes |
Also the page refers to the outdated term "OS X". This was rebranded in 2016 to "macOS" with the Sierra release - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS.
Suggestions
- npm should decide whether it wants to keep its own suggestions or align with Node.js suggestions for Node.js version managers
- Separate links to the https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ should be removed / consolidated to use only the active https://nodejs.org/en/download/ page
- Rename "OS X" references to "macOS"