In this tutorial we will learn about the basic introduction about node js and installing it in windows. First of all let's talk about NodeJs. Nodejs is a free open source server environment that runs on various platforms like Windows, Mac , Linux etc. and executes javascript code outside of a browser. According to Wikipedia, Node.js was written initially by Ryan Dahl in 2009. Dahl was inspired to create Node.js after the file upload progress bar in Flicker. The browser did not know how much of the file had been uploaded and had to query the web server. dahl desiredan easier way. In january 2010 a package manager was introduced for the node.js environment called npm which simplifies installation, updating and uninstallation of libraries. The first node.js build supporting windows was released on July 2011.
Moving on, let's now install node.js into our machine. To do so first of all download nodejs from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ after selecting the platform you are using as shown below:
Now moving on open the setup file that we downloaded to start the setup process which is shown in the following process:
Now, click next to continue.
Here, select I accept the licence aggrement after reading the licence aggrement and press next to continue.
Selet the destination folder you want nodejs to be installed and click Next.
Click Next after selecting the features you want to install.
Now, click install to continue with the installation. After some time the nodejs gets installed. and the following windows gets displayed.
Click Finish to complete the installation process. So, we successfully installed nodejs into our system. To check the version of node.js installed open command prompt and enter the following command
node -v
Thank you for reading this article. Please do share about node.js and its features in the comment section below.
