<h2 id="heading-nodejs-version-setting">Node.js version setting :</h2>
<p>When working on a team you can have multiple versions of node.js installed, so to prevent these problems we can add a <code>.nvmrc</code> file at the root of the project and write the node version your project to use :</p>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">18.0.0
</code></pre>
<h2 id="heading-package-manager-setting">Package manager setting :</h2>
<p>We also need to configure the package manager we wanna use in our project, that is npm in this case, so create a <code>npmrc</code> file and write :</p>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">engine-strict=true
</code></pre>
<p>In your <code>package.json</code> file add the following :</p>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">"engines": {
    "node": "&gt;=18.0.0",
    "npm": "please-use-npm"
  },
</code></pre>
<p>This code will prevent using a node version that is less than node 18 and prevents using something other than npm for packages. for example yarn/pnpm.</p>


## Node.js version setting :

When working on a team you can have multiple versions of node.js installed, so to prevent these problems we can add a `.nvmrc` file at the root of the project and write the node version your project to use :

```plaintext
18.0.0
```

## Package manager setting :

We also need to configure the package manager we wanna use in our project, that is npm in this case, so create a `npmrc` file and write :

```plaintext
engine-strict=true
```

In your `package.json` file add the following :

```plaintext
"engines": {
    "node": ">=18.0.0",
    "npm": "please-use-npm"
  },
```

This code will prevent using a node version that is less than node 18 and prevents using something other than npm for packages. for example yarn/pnpm.

Preventing engine problems in next.js when working on teams

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