Preparing your Windows box for AWS and a MEAN (Node) website: Install Git
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I walk through step by step how to get the Node.JS MEAN.JS scaffolded site working on a Windows 10 machine.
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Install Git with Git Bash
First, let’s install my best friend in the whole wide world, the Git Bash client.
Go to the above web page and then click on Windows.
Run the Git-2.9.0–64-bit.exe install file once it has been downloaded.
Click Yes if prompted by Windows User Access Control
Click Next.
Click Next again.
The default options are acceptable. Click Next again.
Click Next
The default option of “Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt” is acceptable. Click Next.
The default option of “Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings” is also acceptable. Click Next.
The default option of “Use MinTTY (the default terminal of MSYS2) is also acceptable. Click Next again.
The defaults are acceptable, click Next to continue.
When the installation is finished, click Finish and you are done. You can now use bash commands and curl on Windows. And as every developer knows, using console commands makes you better than other people.
Go to parent article — Build a robust MEAN website in under an hour for less than $1/day — part 1
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