JS is a markup language similar to HTML and CSS. No installation needed in general.

https://www.w3schools.com/js/

@onealexharms yes this can use clarification for sure! I think it might be worth explaining that JavaScript is interpreted by the V8 engine that is part of NodeJS, so installing Node gives us a JavaScript interpreter to run our tests and code.

Would you mind adding that to your PR?

@fredosantana unless you install NodeJS, it would be difficult to run the test suites for this track. Most modern OS's come with browsers installed, but I don't think they come with NodeJS installed, or any command-line JavaScript interpreter that I am aware of, so I think this PR has value.

@matthewmorgan The page I linked to covers installing Node and npm, then Jasmine, so I think there's nothing to add. Let me know if you disagree?

@onealexharms I agree that the page that you linked to has all the needed information around setting up the environment. I was just wondering if a little context ahead of the link might be helpful, like:

You'll need a JavaScript interpreter to run the test suites. This comes bundled with NodeJS. For information about how to install these tools, see...

What do you think?

Oh, I actually like your wording better, but I didn't look at it when I typed... Should I change it, do you think?

Sure, why not! As long as we're changing it, let's do that. I'm glad you brought our attention to this, I don't think we'd even noticed it needed touching up.

💯 Thanks!