To run a Node.js application remotely, configure it as a remote interpreter. In most cases, IntelliJ IDEA detects Node.js installations, configures them as interpreters automatically, and adds them to the list where you can select the relevant one. If you want to switch among several Node.js installations, they must be configured as local Node.js interpreters.

If you follow the standard installation procedure, in most cases IntelliJ IDEA detects Node.js itself.Īnd even if you have no Node.js on your computer, you can install it when creating a new Node.js application in the Create New Project dialog, see Creating a new Node.js application below.

If you need Node.js only as a local runtime for your application or for managing npm packages, running JavaScript linters, build tools, test frameworks, and so on, just install Node.js. IntelliJ IDEA integrates with Node.js providing assistance in configuring, editing, running, debugging, testing, profiling, and maintaining your applications.

Node.js is a lightweight runtime environment for executing JavaScript outside the browser, for example on the server or in the command line.

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