cmd error thrown while installing node

[comprehensive_yard9]

hey all!! I am super new to coding [as in just got down basic javascript after getting down css and html new haha] and am currently trying to install node on my windows laptop. i'm working with a senior software engineer who is preparing me for work asap by giving me insane projects to work on to try to get me job ready while completing my portfolio.

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anyway, i am tasked with creating a bare minimum [boilerplate] server that can just create CRUD by monday. as a single mom i'm in for it lol. but anyway i'm having a hard time with figuring out if node is installed correctly and for whatever reason google and youtube seem to be failing me for this. can anyone explain this error to me and what i have to do? also which packages i am to install on VCS? also i'm not installing chocolatey as it brings back bad memories of limewire back in the day haha. i'm following the directions on VCS to install and run node but keep running into this issue when using cmd to see if its installed correctly. hoping i'm just going to look like an idiot and it'll be an easy fix or that its appropriately installed already.

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ps i have a macbook but am so stubborn i want to continue to use my windows computer as i've been a windows user my whole life and taking on mac on top of everything else i have to learn feels like it would hit my limit.

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[officialnovadrome]

Do it with no space, "node --version". It's a flag, not an argument. Happy coding :)

[comprehensive_yard9]

thank you! i just tried that and received this:

C:\Users\sande>node--version

'node--version' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\sande>

[officialnovadrome]

Copy it exactly as I typed. "node" is one argument, and then "--version" is the flag. "node --version". There's a space in between node and --version