🚀 Getting Started with Node.js – from “What is this?” to your first web server (opens in new tab)

Node.js lets you run JavaScript outside the browser. In this guide, we’ll install Node, learn the terminal, explore npm, build a real web server, understand event-driven programming, and serve static files — all before jumping into Express.js 🔥 🧠 Why Node.js feels magical In the previous article, we mentioned that JavaScript was designed to run only in browsers. Then Node.js came along, and suddenly everyone was like, “Hold on… JavaScript can run on servers too?!” Until then, JavaScript meant...