How to run a hello.js file in Node.js on windows?

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Here are the exact steps I just took to run the “Hello World” example found at http://nodejs.org/. This is a quick and dirty example. For a permanent installation you’d want to store the executable in a more reasonable place than the root directory and update your PATH to include its location.

  1. Download the Windows executable here: http://nodejs.org/#download
  2. Copy the file to C:\
  3. Create C:\hello.js
  4. Paste in the following content:
    var http = require('http');
    http.createServer(function (req, res) {
      res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
      res.end('Hello World\n');
    }).listen(1337, "127.0.0.1");
    console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');
  1. Save the file
  2. Start -> Run… -> cmd
  3. c:

  4. C:>node hello.js

    Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/

That’s it. This was done on Windows XP.

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