Host html with javascript dependencies on node.js
Question
My question is: Whether one can host an entire website along with JavaScript dependencies on node.js with/without express or other frameworks.
The JavaScript will contain html specific calls like using the window object to create a new window or post messages to other windows/web workers. I've had a bit of experience running JavaScript but have no experience running node and I've searched a lot trying to find a solid answer.
If this does require using a framework all I have to say is that this functionality should be already included in the vanilla node build from day 0 and why it is not confuses me.
Here is a basic HTML code example of what I want to run
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
let window = window.open()
window.onload = function (){
window.postmessage({hello:"world"})
}
</script>
<script src="./ImageResource.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Q/A
"Why not just open a page manually and communicate with it using node" I have a entire project built in vanilla JavaScript and do not wish to convert it to node compliant code (not yet).
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1 answers
solution1
0 2019-11-18 03:44:30
Yes, you can. Express and what not are all built in JavaScript after all.
But, why would you want to? Express isn't generally considered a heavyweight framework. It doesn't impose much on you, and it utilizes the underlying Node.js-built-in HTTP request/response objects. It's a good tool in general.
In any case, it doesn't sound like you need Node.js at all for your project. Any web server will do. Node.js is generally used for server-side work. It isn't needed to just host your web page.
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