use nvm setup nodejs env

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 # Node.js
 
-Install [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) with Homebrew:
+Install [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) with [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm) (Node Version Manager):
 
-    $ brew update
-    $ brew install node
+### Install nvm
+
+    $ wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
+
+### Install nodejs
+
+    $ nvm  # check the nvm use message
+    $ nvm install 0.12  # install nodejs 0.12
+    $ nvm ls  # list installed node version
+    $ nvm use 0.12  # use 0.12 as current version
+    $ nvm ls-remote  # list all the node versions you can install
+    $ nvm alias default 0.12  # set 0.12 as the default node 
 
 Node modules are installed locally in the `node_modules` folder of each project by default, but there are at least two that are worth installing globally. Those are [CoffeeScript](http://coffeescript.org/) and [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/):