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Complete Guide to Setting Up a Node.js and Express Server with Visual Studio Code
Step 1: Install Node.js
For Windows:
  1. Download the Windows installer from the Node.js official website.
  2. Run the installer (the .msi file you downloaded).
  3. Follow the prompts in the installer (Accept the license agreement, click the NEXT button a bunch of times and finally install).
  4. Restart your computer to ensure the changes can take effect.
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For macOS:
  1. Download the macOS installer from the Node.js official website.
  2. Run the .pkg installer you downloaded.
  3. Follow the installation wizard setup steps. This will install both Node.js and npm.
  4. To check if Node.js was installed correctly, open your Terminal and type node -v and npm -v, which will show you the versions installed.
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Step 2: Install Visual Studio Code
For Both Windows and macOS:
  1. Download Visual Studio Code from Visual Studio Code.
  2. Run the installer and follow the setup wizard to install Visual Studio Code.
  3. Once installed, launch Visual Studio Code.
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Step 3: Set Up Your Project
  1. Open your terminal or command prompt.
  2. Navigate to the directory where you want to create your project.
  3. Create a new directory for your application and navigate into it:
  4. Initialize your application using npm. This will create a package.json file that manages all your project's dependencies
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Step 4: Install Express and Set Up Your Server
  1. Install the Express library in your project directory:
  2. Open Visual Studio Code and use the 'Open Folder' option to open your project directory.
  3. Create a file named index.js in your project directory and add the following code to create a basic web server
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Step 5: Run Your Server
  1. Open the terminal in Visual Studio Code by selecting Terminal > New Terminal.
  2. Run the server using Node.js:
  3. Open a web browser and visit http://localhost:3000. You should see "Hello World!" displayed.
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Step 6: Verify Installation
  • After visiting the provided URL, if you see the "Hello World!" message, your server is set up correctly and running.
This guide provides a streamlined approach to getting a Node.js and Express server up and running, integrated with Visual Studio Code for a full development environment setup. This foundational setup is crucial for developing web applications and APIs, serving as a basis for more complex server-side logic.
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