nodejs.org/en

Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js’ package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world.

server.js for Node

Small to medium projects

Everything works out of the box, you get great support for most features and you can easily tap into Express’ middleware ecosystem. What’s not to love?

Some of the included features: body and file parsers, cookies, sessions, websockets, Redis, gzip, favicon, csrf, SSL, etc. They just work so you will save a headache or two and can focus on your actual project. Get a simple form going:

2017-10-31 NEWS: Node.js 8 Moves into Long-Term Support and Node.js 9 Becomes the New Current Release Line

Getting started

In this tutorial you will learn how to get started with Node.js development and create a project from scratch. While there are many ways of doing it, this guide is focused first on making it easy and second on using common tools.

You will need some basic tools like having a git and a code editor (we recommend Atom) as well as some basic knowledge around your operative system and the terminal/command line.