Intro to Express Lab Setup

Setup

Open your Terminal application and navigate to your ~/code/ga/labs directory:

cd ~/code/ga/labs

Navigate to GitHub and create a new repository named intro-to-express-lab.

• Make sure the repo is set to public
• You do not need a README.md
• You do not need a .gitignore

Using the Quick Setup option, clone your newly created repo into your ~/code/ga/labs directory with the git clone command:

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/intro-to-express-lab.git

Note: In the link above, where it says <your-username>, you should see the username from your GitHub account.

Next, cd into your new cloned directory, intro-to-express-lab:

cd intro-to-express-lab

touch server.js
npm init -y
npm install express

Open the directory in your code editor:

code .

1. Define all of your code in a server.js file.

2. The express application should listen for requests on port 3000.