Hello World program in JavaScript
In this section, we are going to install the NodeJs and write a basic program that prints "Hello World!"
Installing NodeJS
See the NodeJs setup guide here https://nodejs.org/en/download, for Windows user, you need to add NodeJs to you path variable, see the guide here https://hackmd.io/@hm222vx/AddNodeJSPath
Confirm NodeJs installation
When you install NodeJs, it comes with other tools like npx
and npm
, to
confirm the installation is successfully, open a new terminal and type in the
following commands, one at a time.
node -v
npm -v
npx -v
What is an "Hello World" program ?
Put simply, it is a program that prints "Hello world" (or "Hello, world!"). It's like some sort of ritual in the broad programming community to welcome a new programmer, some sort of a baby's first cry.
Writing the Hello world program in JavaScript
Step one: Create a new hello_world.js
file
touch hello_world.js
Step two: Add the code below to your hello_world.js
file
console.log("Hello World!");
Step three in the same terminal used to create the new file, execute the command
node hello_world.js