Josemi Juanes jmjuanes

Setting Up Node.js On Raspberry Pi

There are several ways that you can set up Node.js on a Raspberry Pi when running Raspbian/Rapberry Pi OS. Depending on your needs, the version of the RPi that you're using, and how you like to manage installs, you have a lot of options.

A brief aside: alternative runtimes

Node.js was an early entrant to the Javascript runtime and I think it's still the most widely used. But it's not the only runtime out there these days. Some of the alternatives might be better choices for your Raspberry Pi setup.

The two other Javascript runtimes I've used are deno and bun. Both are newer than Node.js and have incorporated a modern features nicely, like built-in support for Typescript. They also have a more compact install, since they bundle everything into a single CLI executable.

Conventional Commit Messages

See how a minor change to your commit message style can make a difference.

git commit -m"<type>(<optional scope>): <description>" \
  -m"<optional body>" \
  -m"<optional footer>"

OBSOLETE

This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.

I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.

tmux cheatsheet

As configured in my dotfiles.

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

	/**
	* Encrypts plaintext using AES-GCM with supplied password, for decryption with aesGcmDecrypt().
	* (c) Chris Veness MIT Licence
	*
	* @param {String} plaintext - Plaintext to be encrypted.
	* @param {String} password - Password to use to encrypt plaintext.
	* @returns {String} Encrypted ciphertext.
	*
	* @example
	* const ciphertext = await aesGcmEncrypt('my secret text', 'pw');

	#!/bin/bash

	set -e

	function cleanup() {
	# clean up our temp folder
	rm -rf "${TMPDIR}"
	}
	trap cleanup EXIT

	#!flask/bin/python
	from flask import Flask, jsonify, abort, request, make_response, url_for
	from flask_httpauth import HTTPBasicAuth

	app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path = "")
	auth = HTTPBasicAuth()

	@auth.get_password
	def get_password(username):
	if username == 'miguel':

	/*
	* object.watch polyfill
	*
	* 2012-04-03
	*
	* By Eli Grey, http://eligrey.com
	* Public Domain.
	* NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
	*/