Video Tutorial - How to install and run Node.js on Windows - Bruno Terkaly - Developer Evangelist - bterkaly@microsoft.com - Site Home

What this post is about

This post is about getting Node.js up and running on a Windows Platform. This step will be followed by some guidance on how to host Node.js in a Microsoft Cloud Data Center, called Windows Azure.

Node.js is a software system designed for writing highly-scalable internet applications, notably web servers.

What makes Node.js compelling is the fact that is is based on the JavaScript language, opening the door for developers to not only write client side JavaScript put also server side.Node.js is built for scale, using event-driven, asynchronous I/O to minimize overhead and maximize scalability.

Video Content

This content shows 3 basic steps:

Step 1	Install Node.js to run under Windows.
Step 2	Use an editor to write some JavaScript
Step 3	Run the application and a browser to test with.

Source Code

// JScript source code
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
    res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(1337, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');

Watch the video

Video of Install and Running for Node.js

http://brunoblogfiles.com/videos/Node_js_Install.wmv

Conclusions

Future content will explain more complex topics, like using Socket.IO and Express. Migrating applications to the Microsoft Cloud (Windows Azure) will also be explained and demonstrated.