How to Run a Node.js Application on a Mac
See JavaScript: Tips and Tricks for similar articles.Node.js makes it possible for you to run JavaScript programs outside of a web browser or on a server. To run a Node.js application on MacOS, follow these three steps.
- Open Terminal by pressing Command+Space to open Spotlight Search and entering
terminal
into the search box. - Enter the following command, then press Return to create a file named test-node.js containing a simple application that will print out the result 1 + 1.
echo "console.log(1+1);" >> test-node.js
- Type
node
followed by the name of the application, which is test-node.js in this case, and then press Return.
The result of running the application will be printed out to the terminal.node test-node.js
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