NPM has helped to build on the massive Node.js popularity and drive JavaScript from a simple scripting language in the web browser to a powerful and capable back-end server language. A quick refresher, NPM stands for Node.js Package Manager and each package is made up of: a folder containing a program described by a package.json... Continue reading →

Time for the node.js “Deploy a Framework Friday”. First get node.js and express.js installed (i.e. npm install express) and then create your node.js application. adron$ express nodejs create : nodejs create : nodejs/package.json create : nodejs/app.js create : nodejs/public create : nodejs/public/javascripts create : nodejs/public/images create : nodejs/public/stylesheets create : nodejs/public/stylesheets/style.css create : … Continue reading →