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@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ <h3>How to contribute to table-sort-js:</h3>
             <li class="bullet-point">
               Run table-sort-js with the command: <b>npm run start</b>
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+              note: table-sort-js currently uses node version 16; I would
+              recommend using node version manager (nvm) and running the command <b>nvm 16</b> to select node version 16.
+            </li>
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               Testing table-sort-js: <b>npm run test</b> (currently uses Jest
               and Jsdom. <b>test/table.test.js</b> is where you can write tests