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nodejs_on_metaarray [2022/01/21 01:12] – fix to not my port peteyboynodejs_on_metaarray [2024/09/06 06:02] (current) – ld’ hc9
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 ====== Setting up a simple Node.js Server  ====== ====== Setting up a simple Node.js Server  ======
  
- +You can try Node.js by using your [[meta_port_allocation |Port Allocation]] on the [[metaarray |The MetaArray]] to run your own Node.js server. What follows is a bare-bones ‘Hello, World’ example tailored for the metaarray: 
-You can try Node.js by using your [[meta_port_allocation|Port Allocation]] on the [[metaarray|The MetaArray]] to run your own Node.js server. What follows is a bare-bones 'Hello, World' exmaple tailored for the metaarray: +  - go to a project folder in your user folder, say ''~/projects/nodejstest''
-  - go to a project folder in your user folder, say <tt>~/projects/nodejstest</tt>+
   - use your favorite editor to open a new file called ''app.js''   - use your favorite editor to open a new file called ''app.js''
     *paste the following code into the file: <code>const http = require('http');     *paste the following code into the file: <code>const http = require('http');
      //const hostname = '*put your mkhomepg-selected meta-array domain name here, remove the // at the beginning and delete next line*';       //const hostname = '*put your mkhomepg-selected meta-array domain name here, remove the // at the beginning and delete next line*'; 
-     const hostname = 'peteyboy.freeshell.org';+     const hostname = 'username.sdf.org';
      //const port = *replace this with your UID as port number, uncomment this line, then delete the line below*;      //const port = *replace this with your UID as port number, uncomment this line, then delete the line below*;
      const port = 8388;      const port = 8388;
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         });</code>          });</code> 
   - run the server with ''node app.js''   - run the server with ''node app.js''
-  - check it out with a browser pointed to your metaarray website but at your UID port, for example ''http://me.sdf.org:30099'' +  - OMG that was so easy, right? Check it out with a browser pointed to your metaarray website but at your UID port, for example ''http://me.sdf.org:30099'' 
-    * it should look like {{:screen_shot_hello_node.png?400|browser showing 'Hello World, this is node'}} +    * it should look like the image to the right {{  :screen_shot_hello_node.png?400|browser showing 'Hello World, this is node'  }}
   - quit the server with ''ctl-c''   - quit the server with ''ctl-c''
 +  - knock yourself out doing more cool stuff with javascript on the server!
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nodejs_on_metaarray.1642727538.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/01/21 01:12 by peteyboy