Node.js is a software platform which can be used to make network applications. Node.js is built on the V8 JavaScript Engine. (The V8 engine is used by Google Chrome web browser to compile JavaScript.) After installing Node.js, you can use it to create server-side applications such as chat servers, web servers, etc. in JavaScript.
The most exciting thing about Node.js is that it takes JavaScript to a different scenario altogether. Until the emergence of Node.js, most web developers would have never thought of using their favourite language, JavaScript, to program server side application.
Node.js has gained its popularity owing to the fact that JavaScript is known to almost everyone who is involved in web development. To understand and see for yourself how the Node.js environment works, the first step is to install it.
This tutorial shows how to install Node.js on Windows 7 or Windows 8.
Note: This was tested to work on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
1) Open your web browser, and visit http://nodejs.org/download/.Download the “Windows Installer(.msi)”.
2) After downloading, double-click on the (.msi) file to start the Node.js Setup Wizard. Click Next.
3) If you accept the End-User License Agrement, check “I accept the terms in the License Agreement”.Click Next.
4) Click Next
5) Click Next
6) Click Install
7) You will see the installation progresses as shown below.
8) Node.js has been successfully installed. Click Finish to exit the Node.js Setup Wizard.
9) Restart your computer. (Restarting Windows is required to set path variables.)
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Node.js. Now, you can dive into making your dream project a reality using Node.js.
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