Once you have successfully written some node.js code and have viewed the results via command line, (see my previous article about this, linked below) the next logical step is to be able to write node.js code that can use HTML and be viewable in a web browser. To view node.js output in a web browser, … Continue reading Node.js: How to launch a temporary server and view output in a web browser
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Node.js: How to update Node and NPM to the latest versions
You can check to see what versions of Node and NPM you have with these commands: node -v npm -v. For example: To update NPM, you can do that at the command line with this command: npm install -g npm The output should look something like this: A good way to update Node is to … Continue reading Node.js: How to update Node and NPM to the latest versions
Node.js: How to write node.js code locally and test using the command line
The first thing we want to do when getting ready to code in node.js is make sure that Node and NPM are installed on our machine. Start by opening a command window and type the command node -v. Then check to confirm that NPM is installed also using the command npm -v: Once that is … Continue reading Node.js: How to write node.js code locally and test using the command line
Node.js: How to install Node + npm and confirm the installation in less than 5 minutes
To install node.js, start at the nodejs.org website: https://nodejs.org/en/ Then click the green box to download the .msi. This will download the “node-v9.8.0-x64.msi” to your downloads folder. Then click the .msi to install node. I chose to change the path to C:\nodejs . Then once the installation is complete, restart your computer. Once the computer … Continue reading Node.js: How to install Node + npm and confirm the installation in less than 5 minutes