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Setting Up the Workspace for Decentralized Web Nodes in JavaScript

#web5 #dwns #javascript

This chapter will help you configure your JavaScript workspace for working with Decentralized Web Nodes (DWN). Follow these steps to set up your development environment:

Prerequisites

Step 1 : **Open your terminal, create and change the working directory

and :**

   mkdir web5-dwn
   cd web5-dwn
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Step 2 : Initialize a package.json file using NPM: 

   npm init -y
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This will create a package.json file in your project.

Step 3 : Install Web5 using NPM: 

   npm install @web5/api@0.11.0
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Step 4 : Open the project in your preferred code editor (e.g., VSCode): 

   code -r .
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Step 5 : Edit the package.json file to include "type": "module" so your project recognizes JavaScript modules: 

   {
     "dependencies": {
       "@web5/api": "0.11.0"
     },
     "type": "module"
   }
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Step 6 : Create an index.js file for your application logic: 

   touch index.js
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For Windows using PowerShell:

New-Item index.js -ItemType File
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At this point, your workspace and package.json file should look like this:

Setting Up the Workspace for Decentralized Web Nodes in JavaScript

Next ⏩️ ⏩️ ⏩️ Connect to Web5 and on a DWN

Prev ⏪️ ⏪️ ⏪️ Intro

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