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 ### NodeJS
 
-We develop on this library with the version of node defined in `.node-version`. We run the test suite against the major released versions of node that are still in active LTS and not development releases. Specific versions are defined in the workflow: `.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml`. Those are the versions we exxpect to support, if you are using a pre-release or development version of node you may run into unexpected issues.
+We develop on this library with the version of node defined in [`.node-version`](.node-version). We run the test suite against the major released versions of node that are still in active LTS and not development releases. Specific versions are defined in the workflow: `.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml`. Those are the versions we expect to support, if you are using a pre-release or development version of node you may run into unexpected issues.
 
 Having issues? See [FAQs](./docs/faqs.md).
 
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 ## Environment setup
 
-1. Use the node environment manager of your choice, but make sure you have the required version specified in `.node-version`. We recommend using [nodenv](https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv) to manage your node versions, but you can also use [homebrew](https://brew.sh/). More info can be found here: [how to install Node.js](https://nodejs.dev/how-to-install-nodejs)
+1. Use the node environment manager of your choice, but make sure you have the required version specified by the project.
+   - The version required by the project can be found in [`.node-version`](../.node-version). 
+   - We recommend using a single tool version manager such as [mise-en-place](https://mise.jdx.dev/), [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/), or (specific to just Node) [nodenv](https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv) to manage your node version on this project.
+     If you already have a preferred node version manager installed, use it.
+   
+  > [!NOTE]
+  > If using asdf, you must [enable `legacy_version_file`](https://asdf-vm.com/manage/configuration.html#legacy-version-file) to have the tool version picked up from `.node-version`
+  > Mise supports `.node-version` [as a default](https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration.html#idiomatic-version-files). If you're having trouble, make sure that setting is not set to false. 
 
 2. Use [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com) to manage JS packages.