Question

I have a Hello.js file with following contents.

var http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
    res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(1337, "mysite.com");

console.log('Server running at http://mysite.com:1337/');

I go to my command prompt, type in node…

How can i execute this Hello.js in my node console.

When i type node Hello.js , i get …. alone

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Answer 1

your syntax is wrong, you need:

D:\Node > node Hello.js

What you’re currently doing is starting an interactive session with node, i.e.

$ node
> console.log("hello"); # I typed this
hello
>