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Gary Calhoun
10,317 Pointsnot getting anything on local node server
I am using windows command prompt was following along fine until the running the node server. I have nodemon installed so I usually just do "nodemon package.json localhost 8080" I am not sure I am getting nothing from that. If anyone was able to get it to work on windows please let me know.
3 Answers
kareem Pierre
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 20,263 PointsSo you have a few options here. If you specified a "main" field within your package.json file, then nodemon can be entered as is to start the server. Another option is to include the name of the file which holds the server information (usually app.js). Example
. . .
// other code
. . .
app.listen(3000, callback)
Lets say the example above is named app.js. Running 'nodemon app.js', will run the server on port 3000. Hope this helps.
Samuel Tissot-Jobin
7,350 Pointsthe answer in on the github page:
https://github.com/hdngr/treehouse-gulp-basics
This course requires you to have global installations of gulp and http-server.
Install gulp globally
npm install -g gulp
Install http-server globally
npm install -g http-server
Gary Calhoun
10,317 PointsI got it working I installed grunt installed the http server than I ran
http-server E:\xampp\htdocs\gulp\treehouse-gulp-basics
worked without issues, I don't know this server stuff is a little confusing to me, going to have to research this node.js more I watched a course on it and understand what its doing but something isn't clicking for me.
kareem Pierre
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 20,263 PointsHey am glad you did figure it out. I was not to sure which way to answer this question as I myself have not done the course yet. I use Gulp in almost everything I use though so maybe I will take a look at it. Cheers
Gary Calhoun
10,317 PointsGary Calhoun
10,317 PointsHi thanks for the answer. I was able to get the server running before in previous treehouse lessons but doing this course in particular on gulp.js I have been unsuccessful here is the repository
https://github.com/hdngr/treehouse-gulp-basics
So which do I run because the app.js is in a folder, do I need to change directory in command prompt to the js directory and then do the nodemon app.js?