Get Programming with Node.js

Lesson 3. Creating a Node.js module

In this lesson, you kick off Node.js application development by creating a Node.js module (JavaScript file). Then you introduce npm to the development workflow and learn about some common npm commands and tools for setting up a new application.

This lesson covers

• Creating a Node.js module
• Constructing a Node.js application with npm
• Installing a Node.js package with npm

Consider this

You want to build an application to help people share food recipes and learn from one another. Through this application, users can subscribe, join online courses to practice cooking with the application’s recipes, and connect with other users.

You plan to use Node.js to build this web application, and you want to ...