Over my head

nodejs doesnt work with windows.

So imo the best thing we can do if we want to join the community is run a virtual machine.

Here's how:

1) Install virtual box

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

2) Get an unbuntu iso

http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download

3) Install the ubuntu iso. For detailed instructions visit

http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox

3) Install vbox guest additions. For detailed instructions visit

http://helpdeskgeek.com/linux-tips/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-ubuntu/

4) Open a terminal on your ubuntu virtual machine.

5) Type in the following into your terminal to grab git and the build-essential packages

sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core

6) Type in the following into your terminal to grab node.js from git

git clone git://github.com/ry/node.git

7) Configure, make and install... type the following into your terminal:

./configure

make

make install

node.js is now installed on your machine.