NodeJs and Express Tutorial

Purpose: Create a basic REST server with Node.js and Express. Practiced using Postman to GET and POST.

Course Link: https://lab.github.com/everydeveloper/introduction-to-node-with-express

Status: COMPLETE

Description

This is a reference for the NodeJS and Express intro tutorial. You will be pushing code into this repository. Each branch shows what your code should look like (if you get stuck).

Setup

1. Download or clone this repo
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Navigate to the root directory
4. Start the server file: node server.js

Steps

1. npm init -y creates the package.json file.
2. npm install express --save creates the node_modules folder since express has been installed.
3. Look at the old issues to see further instructions