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    • Volta

    published: 2025-03-21

    tags: Volta,Javascript,nvm

    Simply: allows more than one application with different requirements for versions of node to run together on the same machine at the same time

    1. winget install Volta.Volta

      or choco install volta -y

    2. navigate to code that you need node installed on in terminal and run the following in that directory

      volta install node@14.21.3

      where 14.21.3 is the version of node needed in the 1st directory

    3. then navigate to code for the 2nd directory

      volta install node@16.20.2

      where 16.20.2 is the version of node needed in the 2nd directory

      installing a version of node with Volta makes that version available to use in any other application on the machine

      if using the same version again use the pin command instead

    note: if VSCode was open during the above install, then it will need to be restarted for the commands below to work

    1. The pin command adds a volta entry to package.json and means that whenever you open the workspace volta loads up the specified node (and appropriate npm)

      run volta pin node@16.20.2 to use this version of node in that directory

      by pining the version you save it in your package.json file which makes it available to install with npm i

    2. running the application in the VS terminal starts the watch using the correct node version

      Can have both projects watched with different versions at the same time

    notes:

    Sources:

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