Setting Up Your Project

Step 1: Create a Project Directory

Start by creating a new directory for your project and navigate into it:

mkdir node-web-server
cd node-web-server

Step 2: Initialize a Node.js Project

Initialize a new Node.js project using npm

npm init -y

This command creates a package.json file with default settings.

Node.js is a powerful JavaScript runtime that enables developers to build scalable and efficient web servers. In this article, we’ll walk through the steps to create a simple web server using Node.js, covering the basics and providing a foundation for more advanced applications.

Node.js has a built-in module called HTTP, which allows Node.js to transfer data over the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The HTTP module can create an HTTP server that listens to server ports and gives a response back to the client.