What you need for this book

You will need to install Node v. 0.12.5 or higher, preferably on a Unix-based operating system, such as Linux or Mac OS X. You will also need to install several tools primarily to set up development and deployment examples:

• Use Node Version Manager (nvm) to install Node.js (and npm): https://github.com/creationix/nvm
• Git: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
• Redis: http://redis.io/topics/quickstart
• MongoDB: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/installation/
• Nginx: http://wiki.nginx.org/Install
• Docker: https://docs.docker.com/installation/
• PhantomJS: http://phantomjs.org/download.html
• Jenkins: https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins
• Vagrant: http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/installation/
• In addition, these npm packages must be installed globally (npm install <packagename> -g):
  • gulp
  • pm2
  • mocha

Further installation and configuration instructions for these and other packages will be provided, when necessary, as you work through the book.