Learning Node.js Development

Creating the Node application

The first step will be to create a folder. Every project we create will go live inside of its own folder. I'll open up the Finder on macOS and navigate to my desktop. What I'd like you to do is open up the desktop on your OS, whether you're on Linux, Windows, or macOS, and create a brand new folder called hello-world.

I don't recommend using spaces in your project file or folder names, as it only makes it more confusing to navigate inside of Terminal. Now, we have this hello-world folder and we can open it up inside of our editor.

Now I'll use command + O (Ctrl + O for Windows users) to open up, and I'll navigate to the desktop and double-click my hello-world folder, as shown here:

On the left I have my files, ...