NodeJS By Examples

Create file index.js

var util = require('util'),
    http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
  res.end('Hello World23\nssssada\t adsdas 33sss <b>asd</b>');
}).listen(8080, '127.0.0.1');

console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8080/');
util.puts('> hello world running on port 8080 ');

 

 

 

1. Start node

#npm install -g nodemon

$nodemon index.js

Nodemon monitors folder structure for changes and after cahnge any file restarts node server.

 

2. Run forever

#npm install -g forever

Syntax:

forever [start | stop | stopall | list] [options] SCRIPT [script options]

 

$forever start index.js

Starts nodejs in the background.

 

 

STOP NODE

CTRL + c

$killall -9v node

$killall -u john    -kills all processes for a given user