Step 1: Set Up Your Development Environment 🛠️
First things first, we need to set up our development environment. You’ll need Node.js installed on your machine. To install Node.js, head to the official Node.js website, download and install the appropriate version for your operating system. After installing Node.js, you can confirm it's installation by checking the version. Run the following command in your terminal:
node -v
Step 2: Create a New Project 📁
The next step is to create a new project. Navigate to the directory where you want to create the project, and run the following command:
mkdir real-time-multiplayer-game
This will create a new directory named real-time-multiplayer-game. Navigate into the directory by running:
cd real-time-multiplayer-game
Step 3: Initialize your project 🚀
Before we can start writing code, we need to initialize our project with Node. We can do this by running:
npm init -y
The -y flag tells Node to use the default values for the initialization. This will create a new package.json file in your project folder, which will handle your project's dependencies.
Step 4: Install Express.js 📦
Now, we will need to install Express.js - a lightweight framework for creating web servers in Node.js. Run the following command:
npm install express
After running this command, you will see express is added to the dependencies in your package.json file.
Step 5: Create your server.js file 📝
Create a JavaScript file called server.js in your root project directory. This file will be the main entry point for our application. We can do this with:
touch server.js
Your project directory should now contain these two files:
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package.json: managing project dependencies -
server.js: your application's main entry point
Stay tuned! In the next post, we're going to dive into some codes and begin building our simple server.
Also, here are some useful reference links for better understanding:
Remember, the world of technology evolves at light speed ⚡ and these links might be outdated soon.
That's all for this part folks! See you in the next step! 😄
