build-umass / express-demo

A basic "Hello World" express app

Git Tutorial

In this tutorial, we will be using a simple Express app that prints Hello World on http://localhost:5000

Getting Started

1. Install dependencies

   You can use your favorite package manager to install all the dependencies for this project.

   Example- npm install or yarn install

2. Run the dev script

   The package.json contains a dev script when running the server locally. It uses nodemon that updates the automatically server when changes are made.

   Run npm run dev or yarn run dev

3. Checking the response

   After running the dev script, you should see the server response on the console. Additionally, if you go to http://localhost:5000/ you should see a "Hello World" message.