In order to be able to use [PNPM](https://pnpm.io/) to build your node projects, you will need to first add this step:

```bash
  export PATH=./node_modules/.bin:$PATH
  npm install pnpm
  # Checks pnpm version
  pnpm -v
  # Installs dependencies with pnpm
  pnpm install
```

**What's pnpm?**

pnpm is like npm, but it's way faster and more efficient. After all, the starting p stands for performant. According to its creator, Zoltan Kochan, pnpm "**allows you to save gigabytes of disk space**." Many popular projects including Next. js, Vite,  Svelte, and even freeCodeCamp use pnpm.

Happy deploying!