This is my first go at node.js. I've installed it successfully on an instance at DigitalOcean.
I have the following helloworld.js
require("http");
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
response.write("Hello World");
response.end();
}).listen(8888);eonsole.log('Hello world');
When I run it via "node helloworld.js", I get the following error:
/home/jason/helloworld.js:4
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
^
ReferenceError: http is not defined
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/jason/helloworld.js:4:1)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
at node.js:901:3
jason@do:~$
Can someone point me in the right direction?
require() doesn't work like #include or import does in other languages.
require() returns a reference to the resolved module. That reference must be assigned to a variable.
var http = require('http'); //the variable doesn't necessarily have to be named http
http.createServer(function(req, res) {});
Or
require('http').createServer(function(req, res) {
});
As the error clearly states, there is no re function.
Do you mean require?