nodeQuestions.json

{"expressQuestions" :[

	{ 	"questionNo": 1,
		"answer": "mkdir name", 
		"hint": "Create location to install Express in.",
		"note": "Directory name can't have express in it and cannot contain capital letters.  mkdir is short for make directory."
	},
	{

		"questionNo": 2,
		"answer": "cd name",
		"hint": "How to get into the location where to install Express.",
		"note": "cd is short for change directory."
	},

	{
	 	"questionNo": 3,
	 	"answer": "npm init",
		"hint": "Command to create the package.json file.",
		"note": "npm is short for node package manager.  If the package.json file is created, this command will read the file and update with the desired options."
	},

	{
		"questionNo": 4,
		"answer": "npm install --save express OR npm install express --save", 
		"hint": "Command to install express in the directory.",
		"note": "The --save adds the express dependencies to the package.json file."
	},

	{
		"questionNo": 5,
		"answer": "touch .gitignore",
		"hint": "Create a file which list what files and directories NOT to send to Git.",
		"note": "Items listed in this are not sent to Git.  Don't send to display hidden files on the Mac, CMD-Shift-."
	},

	{
		"questionNo": 6,
		"answer": "touch name.js",
		"hint": "Create a file which starts runs the node server.",
		"note": "A barebones server will have the folloing:
		var express = require(\"express\");

		var app = express();

		var PORT = process.env.port || 8000;

		// if we want to handle post requests

		// $ npm install --save body-parser

		var bodyParser = require(\"body-parser\");

		app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false}));
		app.use(bodyParser.json());

		// if we want to handle session (login, etc)

		// $ npm install --save express-session

		app.use(session({
			secret: \"Secret Key\",
			resave: false,
			saveUninitialized: false
		}));

		//do this for every request so it prints it in the browser console.
		app.use(function(req, res, next) {
			console.log(req.url);
			next();
		});

		// if we want to respond to GET requests for \"/\"
		app.get(\"/\", function(req, res) {
			res.sendFile(__dirname + \"/index.html\");
		});

		// if we want to respond to POST requests for \"/api\"
		app.post(\"/api\", function(req, res) {
			res.send(\"success\");
		});

		// if we want to serve static files out of ./public
		app.use(express.static(\"public\"));

		// actually start the server
		app.listen(PORT, function() {
			console.log(\"Listening on port \" + PORT);
		});"
	},

	{
		"questionNo": 7,
		"answer": "mkdir public",
		"hint": "Create a location for the html files.",
		"note": "Usually the directory name is public and is where all the html files are stored."
	},

	{
		"questionNo": 8,
		"answer": "node name.js",
		"hint": "Ready to start the Node server.",
		"note": "If any changes are made to the name.js file the server has to be restarted.  Using nodemon instead of node,  will restart the server automatically when a server file is saved."
	}
]}