i have no idea what im doing.. (visual studio code)

[scarlet shard]

hi um i literally just started coding (3 hours ago), i'm trying to learn how to make custom discord bots as like a side project for some extra cash. i've been watching a lot of youtube videos and its telling me on visual studio code to use the thingy " npm init -y" but it says its not recognizable and i dont know what to do. i tried looking it up and going on reddit and stuff, even asking my other friends who code and i still havent gotten an answer can someone help me out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMmUW4d3Noc&t=147s this is the main video i'm going off of by the way! if anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated thanks !!!

[molten crane]

language you use?

There is for many different languages APIs for discord bots.
big examples are based on node.js (javascript), or python.
(the ones i saw ons earches so far)

[scarlet shard]

i have no idea

[molten crane]

thats what you need to decide before you start 😉

[gusty falcon]

judging by the video title, it's most likely javascript

yep, it's javascript (js)

[molten crane]

gimme a sec, i started that once too, a whil ago

[gusty falcon]

ok, so the video that you are trying to follow shows you how to code in JavaScript

and JavaScript is a coding language

[gusty falcon]

also, did you install node.js?

like in the tutorial

[molten crane]

npm is a package installer.
So you are not stuck at the bot, but basically at the initial setup of your system for it.

Yes thats the most painful IMO.
Can you point out till where you have followed the tutorial and it worked for you?
(also that version is outdated i think, yeah 14.8 is the current version)

here is the docs written step by step also:
https://discordjs.guide/

[scarlet shard]

yes

[scarlet shard]

6.17 is where i got stuck

im using visual studio code currently like in the video but i still have node js installed

[molten crane]

https://nodejs.org/en

ahh i think the problem may be the environment vs code runs it in...
hmm..
ive heared of similiar problems on setting up stuff with VS Code, thast why i never used it :/
I wrote my bot with notepad++ and just starting it via console 😂

[scarlet shard]

if i use this link will it still work or do i have to start over completely

[molten crane]

if you are stuck on setting up your environment, allways look from the start, till you get where you are.
Sometimes small steps are overseen

or different for newer versions

but sadly thats all help can give for now, cuz need to push on my own project a lot. GL tho!