Web Programming/Node.js

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Node.js is a JavaScript framework for building scalable network applications. It provides several modules like:

  • npm: a package manager.
  • An HTTP server.
  • The possibility to manage de filesystems, and to create full JS apps.

Installation

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Windows

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Download the .msi on https://nodejs.org/.

Linux

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On Debian, replace the wanted version in the URL. Example for the 14th:

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs
apt-get install -y npm