- Install Node.js from https://nodejs.org/
cd
into your backend folder- Run
npm install
to install the dependencies (just Express for now) - (Optional, do with help). Install nodemon with
npm i -g nodemon
to automatically restart the server on save.
- Start the server with
node app.js
- Ctrl-c to stop the server/exit nodemon, ctrl-click the link to open in the browser.