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[AwesomeProjects] How to install Node.js on Raspberry Pi 2 and create a simple Webserver to Host a static Website

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How to install Node.js on Raspberry Pi 2 and create a simple Webserver 
to Host a static Website

>  When you work to build a modern website based only on HTML5 and 
> Javascript,  you don't need complex configurations to verify how the 
> end user will  display the web site. A simple web server serving 
> static files is the  fastest and easiest solution, in this guide we 
> will learn how to install  Node.js and create a simple web server to 
> use for our work. Node.js is a  runtime environment for developing 
> server-side web applications. In simple  words, the Node.js platform 
> makes it possible to run JavaScript programs on  a server and also on 
> your Raspberry Pi 2.
>  
>  [link: http://i.imgur.com/BAFunzW.png] [image:
>  http://i.imgur.com/BAFunzW.png]
>  
>  First of all, please run the following command in a shell or 
> terminal
>  
>  sudo apt-get update
>  
>  Please wait! This command can be very slow, it downloads the package 
> lists  from the repositories and "updates" them to get information on 
> the newest  versions of packages and their dependencies.
>  
>  Remove a program with similar name to node.js (it creates conflicts, 
> so  better remove it)
>  
>  sudo apt-get --purge remove node
>  
>  To install Node.js run the commands
>  
>  sudo apt-get install nodejs
>  sudo apt-get install npm
>  
>  Nice job! You have sucessfully installed nodejs and npm in your 
> Raspberry  Pi 2. You can see the version currently being used by the 
> shell by typing:
>  
>  node -v
>  
>  If nothing happens and you have the error  node: No such file or 
> directory  create a symlink with the command
>  
>  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/sbin/node
>  
>  Create a folder called /var/www/ and navigate to that folder, it 
> will be  our work directory.
>  
>  sudo mkdir /var/www
>  cd /var/www
>  
>  We are ready to start coding! We will create a simple Webserver to 
> host  static website. Install the dependencies
>  
>  npm install --save compression connect http serve-static
>  
>  Create a folder called httpdocs, this folder will cointain your HTML 
> file,  images and js code you want to host.
>  
>  sudo mkdir /var/www/httpdocs
>  
>  For example create a file index.html
>  
>  Create in /var/www a file named server.js and put this code inside:
>  
>  or you can download the file
>  
>  wget
>  
> https://gist.githubusercontent.com/orfeomorello/704f8639a5afcf50871f/raw/2ca571e41e9bc4c2fd12578293bdcd08eda51a34/server.js

If
>  you followed all the steps, typing the ls command you can see this
>  dicrectory structure
>  
>  httpdocs node_modules server.js
>  
>  To start the web server, execute the script with the command
>  
>  node server.js
>  
>  This will create a local webserver running on port 8181, if you 
> write this  web addess in your browser 
> http://localhost:8181/index.html you will view  your website running 
> (remember to put your files in /var/www/httpdocs  folder). To stop 
> running the server press ctrl + c
>  
>  Do you want to make available your website directly on the Internet? 
> Follow  [link:
>  
> http://www.awesomeprojects.xyz/2015/09/performing-port-forwarding-on-your-wifi.html] 
>  this other tutorial

http://www.awesomeprojects.xyz/2015/09/how-to-install-nodejs-on-raspberry-pi-2.html

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