section3.1.md

Section 3.1: Getting Started

You will first need to create a directory, access it in your shell and install Express using npm by running npm install express --save Create a file and name it app.js and add the following code which creates a new Express server and adds one endpoint to it ( /ping ) with the app.get method:

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.get('/ping', (request, response) => {
  response.send('Hi, Morol');
});

app.listen(3000, 'localhost');

To run your script use the following command in your shell:

• node app.js

• http://localhost:3000/ping

  • Hi, Morol