Your first Node.js project

You have installed Node.js and created a new project with npm init. Now let’s create a file called index.js and write some code.

Place the index.js file in the root of your project.

This is how the project structure should look like:

/my-project
  index.js
  package.json

Open up the package.json file and at the scripts object, add a new command called “start”.

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "My first project",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js"
  },
  "author": "Your Name",
  "license": "MIT"
}

Now open up the index.js file and write some code.

console.log('Hello World')

Now you can run the project by typing npm start in your terminal. Make sure you are in the root of your project when you run the command.

You should see the text “Hello World” in your terminal.