I got the program to work with the phone app. Now I moved on to connected to the computer.
I installed node.js. I typed in: npm install -g particle-cli and hit enter and is says this:
npm should be run outside of the node repl, in your normal shell
What does this mean?
I got is solved. I thought I was supposed to type in the node program. I figured out it was the command program on the computer
I made same mistake when I read "Next, open a command prompt or terminal, ".
Iād opened node.js which opened its own terminal shell.
Kudos to moors7 for hammering on me to read community posts.
(So little time with marketing hammering on me!)