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# Web Demo Project

We have a Node.js app for you to get started in web dev! This is a continuously developed project and will be used for future web tutorials! 

What's important right now is that with Node.js installed, you're able to run the the project successfully and configure your tools to work with it (e.g. you can send HTTP requests via Postman/Insomnia through localhost to the Node.js server). 

See the project here:

{% embed url="<https://github.com/IEEEBerkeley/nodejs-demo>" %}

Once you've cloned the repository, this will be the general workflow:

1. check the `package.json` file
2. run `npm i` or `npm install` to install the required dependencies through npm.
3. run `npm run dev` or `node <filename>.js` to execute a runtime to run the file.&#x20;
4. For this project specifically, visit `localhost:8080` and if you see the following screen, you've made it!&#x20;

### Concept Check Questions:

Do some of your own digging through the repository and answer the following questions:

1. What is the tool that manages node packages?
2. What command line command triggers this tool?
3. How do we install the required dependencies?
4. If we wanted to add dependencies to our project, where can we look?
5. Which file holds the dependencies?
6. Typically, to run a Node.js file, the command to start it is `node <file>.js`. What other commands can we run to start the server?
7. If we want to make more of these custom commands, where do we put it?
8. What does `nodemon` do? How is it used?

Next, please go to [Assignment 1: HTTP Requests](/techops/getting-started-projects/web-demo-project/assignment-1-http-requests.md) to complete the first assignment.


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