Setting up a node.js & express project

Question

I am new to javascript and node.js, and I want to create a login and sign-up screen. I have my HTML and CSS already made. How would I set up my project to render my HTML and start my server? All I have is const server = http.createServer . I have looked at tutorials online but I am unable to figure it out.

Thank you to everyone who helps!

Answer 1

So you need to set up a project and serve static files (HTML, CSS, JS..). In Nodejs, you can do it easily with Express . For example, you can have this in your server.js :

// require libraries
const path = require("path");
const express = require("express");
const ejs = require("ejs");

// initiate express app
const app = express();

// config express app
app.use('/', express.static("public"));// express app serves static files (css, js...) in "public" folder
// to include the stylesheet at public/css/style.css, we use  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css">
// to include the script at public/script/script.js, we use <script src="/script/script.js"></script>
// you can put index.html in /public folder

app.listen(5000, function () { console.log("Server is listening on port 5000") });

// your page will be available at http://localhost:5000

And the folder structure is

node_modules
public
  index.html
  css
    style.css
  script
    script.js
server.js

I've created a working project here . The code is self-documented. Feel free to test it:). In the boilerplate, you don't need the ejs part, just put your index.html file in the /public folder.