Setup Node.js environment on macOS

First install Homebrew.

Then install fnm.

brew install fnm

Install a specific version of Node.js.

fnm install 22

Then install pnpm.

brew install pnpm

pnpm setup

Install packages globally

pnpm -g install neovim
pnpm -g install appium

# list the packages
pnpm -g list --dept=0

If wanna to use the appium.webdriver.appium_service.AppiumService to start the appium automatically, you should install the appium with npm globally.

npm -g install appium

Check the versions

alias nodeversions="echo node: $(node -v); echo corepack: $(corepack -v); echo npm: $(npm -v); echo fnm: $(fnm --version); echo pnpm: $(pnpm -v)"

nodeversions

OR

pnpm version

Create a project

Created a playwright project

cd ~/ws/github/demos/playwright-demos/
mkdir nodejs
cd nodejs
pnpm create playwright

Run test in the project

pnpm exec playwright test

Open the test report

pnpm exec playwright show-report