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Rachel Dockter
Rachel Dockter

Reputation: 986

Node.js - Cant run project

im trying to run a node.js example project that i downloaded from here

I downloaded node.js and npm and checked both versions using CMD as seen below. cmd

At first the version of npm wasnt compatible but i followed a youtube guide and now it seems the versions are compatible. If i didnt mention, im using Windows os.

I then installed the socket package by typing in "npm install [email protected] node-static" in cmd and a bunch of writing happened until it finished.

I then open cmd and do, "cd ... then the folders which contain the project" until its the root folder.

I then type in cmd "node app.js" which is the js file contained in the project. I get this as a result: socket

The tutorial im following then tells me to go to http://localhost:8080 to see a local copy of the demo but when i do, chrome just loads and loads then after a few minutes says it cant be reached. does anyone know what im doing wrong? any help is appriciated

Upvotes: 0

Views: 508

Answers (1)

JVDL
JVDL

Reputation: 1202

afaict you're not doing anything wrong, Doesn't work for me either. It was written in 2012 so it's quite possible this worked fine with an older version of Node.JS and older versions of some dependencies. To get it working for me locally I made the following changes:

Change the handler function in app.js to

function handler (request, response) {
    fileServer.serve(request, response);
}

And instead of installing an old version of socket.io I installed the latest. You may want to delete your node_modules directory in the project and then:

npm install socket.io node-static

Upvotes: 1

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