Setting Up Your First Node.js Application Step-by-Step
The article provides a step-by-step guide for beginners to set up their first Node.js application, covering installation, verification, and running a simple JavaScript file. It explains how to install Node.js across different operating systems and introduces the Node.js REPL for testing code interactively. The tutorial concludes with creating a basic 'Hello World' script and executing it using the Node runtime.
- ▪Node.js is a JavaScript runtime that enables server-side execution of JavaScript, used by companies like Netflix and LinkedIn.
- ▪The recommended way to install Node.js is by downloading the LTS version from the official nodejs.org website or using system package managers like Homebrew or apt.
- ▪The Node.js installation includes npm (Node Package Manager), which is used to manage dependencies for JavaScript projects.
- ▪Users can verify their Node.js and npm installation by running 'node --version' and 'npm --version' in the terminal.
- ▪The article demonstrates creating a simple 'Hello World' script in a file named hello.js and running it with the 'node hello.js' command.
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