Installing .NET SDK, Node.js, and npm
This section will explain what .NET Core SDK, Node.js runtime, and npm
are. This section will also guide you in installing .NET Core SDK and Node.js runtime in Windows, Mac, and Linux.
.NET SDK
.NET Core SDK is composed of libraries and tools that let you write .NET Core applications. If you are using Visual Studio 2019 or Visual Studio for Mac, you don't need to install the .NET 5 runtime since Visual Studio includes .NET Core SDK in the IDE installation. .NET Core SDK also has the .NET command-line interface and the .NET Core runtime (the underlying layer for the .NET app to run) for you to run a .NET Core app.
So if you are using Linux and have installed Rider, you can start by going to https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download to download and install the .NET 5 SDK.
Node and npm
Node (or Node.js) is an open source and cross-platform runtime environment for executing JavaScript code outside of the browser. This is more important...