Steps to Execute a Node.js Console Application.

Steps to Execute a Node.js Console Application.

• 1.      download nodejs to your system.
• 2.      open a notepad write js command "console.log('Hello World');"
• 3.      save the file as hello.js preferably same location as nodejs.
• 4.      open command prompt navigate to the location where the nodejs is located. ...
• 5.      and run the command from the location like c:\program files\nodejs>nodehello.js.

1.      Download the Windows executable here: http://nodejs.org/#download

2.      Copy the file to C:\

3.      Create C:\hello.js

4.      Paste in the following content:

    var http = require('http');

    http.createServer(function (req, res) {

      res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});

      res.end('Hello World\n');

    }).listen(1337, "127.0.0.1");

    console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');

1.      Save the file

2.      Start -> Run... -> cmd

3.      c:

4.      C:>node hello.js

Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/

That's it. This was done on Windows XP.