Prerequisites

Install Node.js on your machine and confirm node and npm work in Gunamaya's integrated terminal. Version managers (nvm, fnm, and similar) work as long as your shell profile loads them for non-login terminals too.

Editing and IntelliSense

Node projects are ordinary JavaScript or TypeScript workspaces. Automatic type acquisition pulls @types packages for many dependencies so completion understands APIs from npm.

Running and debugging

• Run a file with node app.js in the terminal, or a script via npm start.
• Debug with a launch configuration (F5) that uses the Node debug type — breakpoints, the call stack, and the Debug Console work like any other debug session. See Debugging.

Tasks for npm scripts

Scripts in package.json can be auto-detected as tasks. Tasks: Configure Task offers them; names like build, compile, and watch are treated as build tasks by default.