🚀 Getting Started with Node.js – from “What is this?” to your first web server
The article provides a beginner's guide to getting started with Node.js, a JavaScript runtime that allows JavaScript to run outside the browser. It covers installation, terminal usage, and building a web server, along with an introduction to npm (Node Package Manager). By following the guide, readers will gain the foundational skills needed to work with Node.js and prepare for using Express.js.
- ▪Node.js enables JavaScript to run on servers, expanding its capabilities beyond the browser.
- ▪The guide includes steps for installing Node.js, using the terminal, and creating a simple web server.
- ▪Readers will learn about npm, which allows for the installation of reusable packages to enhance development.
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| Original publisher | DEV.to (Top) |
| Canonical URL | https://dev.to/ramanand/getting-started-with-nodejs-from-what-is-this-to-your-first-web-server-4mlh |
| Publication time | Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:01:13 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-03T13:12:07.669Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-03T13:12:07.669Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | ZlOIfs77VfqN · 2 stories |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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