NOTE: The main app directory is remote, all npm commands are run from this directory(referred as root directory)
NOTE: This project has all the dependencies installed and accounted for in "package.json" file in root directory
Introduction
- There are two tasks accomplised in this project
- task-one is to redirect to "google.com" upon entering the url "localhost/goog"(this task is stored in remote dir)
- task-two is to display local json file content in browser(this task is also stored in remote dir)
Getting Started
- a) download node from here https://nodejs.org/en/download/ b) This link can help you through the process of downloading, installing and setting up node and express https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Express_Nodejs/development_environment
- Install "nodemon" to make server respond for dynamic changes by running command 'npm install -g nodemon'
- Tweak the "package.json" file by adding "start" to "scripts" and adding "nodemon app.js" to "start"(already done)
- now run command 'npm start' at the root directory
Dependencies
- (for detailed dependencies you can visit "package.json" file in "remote" directory)
- nodemon(npm install -g nodemon)
- express(npm install --save express)
- fs(npm install --save fs)
- path(npm install --save path)
Build and Test
- type in command 'npm start' to create server from directory "remote"
- now go to "localhost:8000" in your web browser(you can view the json content here)
- now visit "localhost:8000/goog"(you will be redirected to "www.google.com")
Note: tests are not yet made
Contribute
- For task-one:
- add more routings as necessary to variuos websites using express app.get()
- For task-two:
- style the displayed json contents