guillermohernandez / LS-Pro-Node-I

Homework #1

Instructions

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1. Feynman Writing Prompts - Write out explanations of the following concepts like you are explaining it to a 12 year old. Doing this will help you quickly discover any holes in your understanding. Ask your questions on Slack.

   • Node
   • Chrome's V8 Engine
   • GET request
   • Server
   • express

2. Fork and clone this repo.

   • Run the command npm init to create a package.json file.
   • Install express npm install --save express
   • Create a file called server.js.
   • require express and create your server app.
   • Tell your app to listen to port 5000 and then start your server with node server.js. (Install nodemon globally if you would like. npm install -g nodemon)
   • Add a route called /name that returns your name.
   • Add a route called /friends that returns an array of some of your friends' names.
   • Add a route called /favorite-film that returns an object that has details about one of your favorite movies.
   • All of these routes are just handling GET requests.

Congratulations on finishing Homework #1!

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