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Ben Rochon
Ben Rochon
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Posted by Ben Rochon
Ben Rochon
18,996 Points

Node.js

Just wondering is some Node.js courses are on the roadmap.

2 Answers

austenpayan
austenpayan
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austenpayan
austenpayan
10,218 Points

second this.

Christopher Peters
Christopher Peters
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Christopher Peters
Christopher Peters
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Hi Benoit Rochon, our Code Racer app course introduces Node.js.

I'm learning Node.js myself and I can tell you first-hand, we need to get Node.js on the roadmap (it's not).

I'd be happy to use this space as a place to chat about Node.

I started by downloading and installing Node here.

At the bottom of the page you'll notice some simple examples. I used the first one to create a simple server to start:

var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');

You just create a JavaScript file with that in it and type node some-file.js in the command line to get the server running. Then you can visit the site at: localhost:1337 in the browser. This is the classic hello world example.

I document the whole experience here.

Hope that helps for now and I'll keep working to get Node on the roadmap!