[Variatn 1]: Volta (Node Version Manager) ( Mike North - Tech Head Guy from LinkedIn recommend it)


$ curl https://get.volta.sh | bash

// Volta will choose the latest LTS
$ volta install node npm

// $ volta install [email protected]

$ node --version
v14.15.1



// Add current packages in package.json
$ volta pin node npm


package.json

  "volta": {
    "node": "14.15.1",
    "npm": "6.14.9"
  },


[Variatn 2]: Node Version Manager (NVM) installation in Ubuntu 20.04


Install latest Node Version Manager (NVM)

-- current version
https://github.com/creationix/nvm/releases



-- installation

$ LATEST_VERSION=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/nvm-sh/nvm/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')

$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/${LATEST_VERSION}/install.sh | bash



$ export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion



$ nvm --version
0.36.0


Install latest Node.js LTS

// install latest LTS
$ nvm install --lts

$ node --version
v12.19.0

or

-- show possible
$ nvm ls-remote

// (Latest LTS: Erbium)
$ nvm install v12.19.0

$ nvm use v12.19.0

-- set default
$ nvm alias default v12.19.0

$ node --version
v12.19.0


For fast switching

$ {
  nvm install v12.19.0
  nvm use v12.19.0
  nvm alias default v12.19.0
}



$ {
  nvm install v8.17.0
  nvm use v8.17.0
  nvm alias default v8.17.0
}


Install latest NPM

$ nvm install-latest-npm

$ npm --version
6.14.8


Possible additional configs (Deprecated use volta)


packages.json

"engines": {
    "node": ">=12.13.1",
    "npm": ">=6.13.4"
  },

***

.npmrc

engine-strict=true


Check updates for node packages

$ npm install -g npm-check-updates
$ ncu -u
$ npm install


Absolute path imports for Node.js projects


$ npm install --save-dev \
    @babel/core \
    @babel/node \
    @babel/cli \
    @babel/preset-env \
    babel-plugin-module-resolver \
    nodemon


package.json


  "scripts": {
    "start": "NODE_PATH=./src nodemon --exec babel-node ./src/index.js"
  },


jsconfig.json (I am not sure that this file is needed!)


{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "target": "es2016",
    "baseUrl": "./src"
  },
  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/node_modules/*"]
}


.babelrc.js (I am not sure that this file is needed!)


const path = require('path');
const jsConfig = require('./jsconfig.json');

module.exports = {
  presets: ['@babel/preset-env'],
  plugins: [
    [
      'module-resolver',
      {
        root: [path.resolve(jsConfig.compilerOptions.baseUrl)],
      },
    ],
  ],
};


Helped me:

https://dev.to/thatanjan/set-up-nodejs-project-with-babel-198p

https://medium.com/weekly-webtips/say-good-bye-relative-imports-in-nodejs-projects-65513bcdae6c