Getting started with Node and Express

engines

{
  "engines": {
    "node": "0.8.x",
    "npm": "1.1.x"
  }
}

express-app

$ express express-skeleton

   create : express-skeleton
   create : express-skeleton/package.json
   create : express-skeleton/app.js
   create : express-skeleton/public
   create : express-skeleton/public/javascripts
   create : express-skeleton/public/images
   create : express-skeleton/public/stylesheets
   create : express-skeleton/public/stylesheets/style.css
   create : express-skeleton/routes
   create : express-skeleton/routes/index.js
   create : express-skeleton/views
   create : express-skeleton/views/layout.jade
   create : express-skeleton/views/index.jade

   install dependencies:
     $ cd express-skeleton && npm install

   run the app:
     $ node app

find

  $ find . -print | grep -v .git | grep -v node_modules
  .
  ./app.js
  ./package.json
  ./public
  ./public/images
  ./public/javascripts
  ./public/stylesheets
  ./public/stylesheets/style.css
  ./routes
  ./routes/index.js
  ./views
  ./views/index.jade
  ./views/layout.jade  

foreman-start

$ foreman start
12:32:37 web.1     | started with pid 1952
12:32:37 web.1     | Express server listening on port 5000  

node-app

$ node app
Express server listening on port 3000

npm-install

$ cd express-skeleton && npm install
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express/3.0.0rc2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jade
...

jade@0.27.2 ./node_modules/jade
├── commander@0.6.1
└── mkdirp@0.3.0

express@3.0.0rc2 ./node_modules/express
├── methods@0.0.1
├── fresh@0.1.0
├── range-parser@0.0.4
├── cookie@0.0.4
├── crc@0.2.0
├── commander@0.6.1
├── debug@0.7.0
├── mkdirp@0.3.3
├── send@0.0.3 (mime@1.2.6)
└── connect@2.4.2 (bytes@0.1.0, pause@0.0.1, qs@0.4.2, formidable@1.0.11)

verify-setup

$ node -v
v0.8.2

$ npm -v
1.1.24

$ git --version
git version 1.7.11.2
hub version 1.10.1

http://quickleft.com/blog/getting-started-with-express-in-node