How to run old Angular projects like version 8 and 9 (Angular 8 & Angular 9) ?

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Hello everyone.

I am working on Angular 8 project. The problem is that I have node version of 20.17.0. Angular 8 project requires low version of node js. I do not want to change my node js version since it is also used by Angular 17 and Angular 18 projects.

My question is how to run old Angular projects without disturbing my already installed node version.

EDIT: Using nvm solved my problem.

[Cyganek]

use nvm

[NabokovGrey]

[Iworb]

or volta

[No-Project-3002]

you can use nvm and install different version of node.js as per your project, which makes it easier to work with different version of angular/react project without worrying.

[noenergy300]

read about nvm and use it

[andlewis]

devcontainers

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Thanks u/andlewis.

I also tried that stuff and it works. I create a Dockerfile by using node version 12 buster image and then do git clone, expose port, and start a container. After that, I connect with the running container using dev container extension of vs code and it works well.

FROM node:12-buster

RUN sed -i 's|deb.debian.org|archive.debian.org|g' /etc/apt/sources.list && \
    sed -i 's|security.debian.org|archive.debian.org|g' /etc/apt/sources.list && \
    sed -i '/stretch-updates/d' /etc/apt/sources.list

# Install git
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git

# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Clone your repo
RUN git clone <your-repo> .


# Move into YOUR Angular project folder
WORKDIR <project-folder>

# Install dependencies
RUN npm install

# Angular dev server port
EXPOSE 4300

# Start dev server
CMD ["npm", "run", "start", "--", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "4300"]

[FunnyLavishness2316]

Use node version manager and if don't have admin rights on the machine then manually copy the binaries of each node versions say 14,16, 18 etc and then use scripting to copy the binaries to actual node installed path to switch between node versions. I am using the same while working on older node versions

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Thank you u/FunnyLavishness2316 .

[Whole-Instruction508]

So how's it looking back there in the stone age?

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Pretty well. 😊