The Linux Gurus published a complete guide to install NodeJS on Ubuntu.

Complete guide to install NodeJS on Ubuntu

NodeJS is a JavaScript platform built on Chrome’s JS Runtime created for general-purpose programming that allows for the creation of applications in a fast & efficient manner. We can run nodejs applications as standalone applications on our machine. NodeJs is used for creating full-stack applications, front-end applications but its mainly used for creating the backend applications. It is very light-weight applications as it uses an event-driven model.

Complete guide to install NodeJS on Ubuntu - The Linux GURUS