Watch Creating a basic Node Server using Javascript Modules & Node Global Variables Video Tutorial

You tube uploaded this video only as standard resolution, no idea why. To upgrade it I need to delete and re-upload it. If you so desire, please let me know in the comments section and I will do so. It will have the same title and content, but a new link since that is the only way youtube allows you to re-upload a video. I walk the viewer step by step through the creation of a basic node server using a modular javascript approach and global variables defined in package.json. Here I provide detailed instructions for every step in the video along with other videos to watch if any of the concepts are foreign to the watcher: 1. Let's start by creating a basic server application that listens to a given port=PORT. We will define PORT in package.json: "scripts": { "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1", "start": "Node_ENV=production Node_PORT=8000 node app.mjs", "dev": "Node_ENV=development Node_PORT=5002 nodemon app.mjs" }, 2. Now, lets use the express Internet framework to build a basic server: import express, {json, urlencoded} from 'express' const app=express() app.use(json({ limit: '50mb'})) // This is to parse the body of the request into an object 'req.body' in 'POST' requests app.use(urlencoded({ extended: false })) // This is to parse the url for variables and data in 'GET' requests using the querystring library when false and the qs library when true /*EXAMPLE: reading isbn number from the url when a get request arrives to the API*/ // app.get('/book/:isbn', (req, res) =⋗ { // const isbn = req.params.isbn // } /*EXAMPLE: reading isbn number from the body when a POST request arrives to the handler route*/ // app.post('/book/', (req, res) =⋗ { // const isbn = req.body.isbn // } app.listen(process.env.Node_PORT, ()=⋗{ console.log('listening to Port: ', process.env.Node_PORT) }) console.log('Node_ENV= ', process.env.Node_ENV, 'Node_PORT= ', process.env.Node_PORT) 2. Well, we have a basic server listening to the port we define in package.json. To illustrate how to do it I have also included the body parser and a url parser built in the express package, they are used in POST and GET requests routes respectively. The body parser parses the body of the POST request into an object 'req.body' and the url parser 1. Update the Mac OS: video tutorial at: https://youtu.be/evOPILp5RPQ 2. Open Mac Terminal: video tutorial at: https://youtu.be/9lK5p6whROY 3. Install developer tools: video tutorial at: https://youtu.be/fdWKyeMDbnE 4. Install Visual Studio Code: video tutorial: https://youtu.be/mGwvdqNyDWs), 5. To have the same VSC extensions that I use, watch: https://youtu.be/_Gr96wLBlnk 6. To install nvm, node and npm watch: https://youtu.be/tKk0JXHYmGo