I want to get started with firebase on a Windows machine but I don\'t understand the getting started instructions on https://www.firebase.com/docs/web/quickstart.html.
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Basically i had to open command prompt and switch to C:\Program Files\nodejs, where file npm is located), then npm commands can be executed according to instructions. Later on when firebase is installed perform a restart for the changes to PATH environment variable to take effect. After that the firebase (init, deploy, ...) command can be used to deploy a site.