Creating our first hapi.js server
I mentioned earlier in the chapter that I like to approach code and examples with a problem solving, code-first approach. So let's try that here. Our aim is to create an initial server that can respond to requests and will be our first experience with hapi. Let's see what it takes to install hapi and get our first hapi server running. I assume that by this stage, you have Node.js installed; if not, the Node.js website explains how to do this quite well. I also assume you have some experience with the command-line interface of your OS of choice. So to start our hapi.js project, first we'll create a folder within which we will create our server, Open your command line and type the following:
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