How to run a nodejs project after getting it

In recent years, with the continuous development of front-end technology, Node.js has become one of the technology stacks used by more and more developers. As a beginner, it is relatively difficult to get a Node.js project and run it. Then, the following will describe how to run a Node.js project from the three steps of project preparation, project installation and operation.

1. Project preparation

Before officially starting to run the Node.js project, you first need to prepare the environment and tools. Node.js is a JavaScript running environment based on the Chrome V8 engine, which can be downloaded and installed through its official website. During the download process, you need to select the corresponding system and version to facilitate subsequent work. After the download is complete, you can also test whether the installation is successful by entering "node -v" on the command line. If the installation is successful, the command line will display the version information of Node.js.

In addition to Node.js, you can also use the npm package manager to install and manage your project's dependencies. npm is the package manager that comes with Node.js. You can install any required dependency packages through the npm install command. Likewise, to determine whether the installation was successful, you can type "npm -v" on the command line to verify the npm installation.

2. Project installation

After preparing Node.js and npm, you can clone the node project locally. You can clone the project from GitHub through the git clone command, or download it directly by downloading the zip package. After cloning or downloading, you need to enter the project's home directory, open the command line, and enter "npm install" to install the project's dependent libraries. After the installation is complete, you can view the "node_modules" folder in the directory, which will contain all the dependencies required by the project.

3. Project operation

After the project installation is completed, you can execute the project. To run the node.js project, you need to enter the "node

.js" command on the command line, where "

" is the entry file of the project. After pressing the Enter key, you will see that the project is running on the command line. At this time, you can enter "localhost:8080" in the browser (the port number may be different and needs to be determined according to the specific circumstances of the project) to access project.

Of course, there are special circumstances. If the project is developed based on the Express framework, you can use Express's own commands to start the project. The project can also be started by entering the "node app.js" or "npm start" command on the command line.

Finally, during the running process, you also need to pay attention to the output of error messages on the command line, which will help find problems and fix them.

Here is a detailed step-by-step guide to running a Node.js project, hoping it will be helpful to beginners. Through the above three steps of preparation, installation, and operation, we can easily start any project based on Node.js.

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