#pragma section-numbers 3

== What is Node.js ==
 Node.js is an application server based off of Google's V8 Javascript Engine. Quite a few popular frameworks have popped up around Node.js such as AngularJS and Backbone.js.  


== How ==
=== Request a port ===
 Request a !ProxiedServer port on bog as described in FirewallRules 

=== Get Node.js ===
 Make a directory for your website
 {{{#!highlight bash
mcarberry@bog:~$ mkdir ~/public_web/sitename
mcarberry@bog:~$ mkdir ~/public_web/sitename/nodejs
mcarberry@bog:~$ cd ~/public_web/sitename
}}}

 Download Node.js
 {{{#!highlight bash
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename$ wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.26/node-v0.10.26.tar.gz
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename$ tar -xf node-v0.10.26.tar.gz 
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename$ cd node-v0.10.26/
}}}

=== Build Node.js ===
 {{{#!highlight bash
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/node-v0.10.26$ ./configure 
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/node-v0.10.26$ make
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/node-v0.10.26$ make install DESTDIR=~/public_web/sitename/nodejs
}}}

 Cleanup Install Directory
 {{{#!highlight bash
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/node-v0.10.26$ cd ../nodejs/
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/nodejs$ cp -r usr/local/* .
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/nodejs$ rm -r usr
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/nodejs$ cd ..
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename$ rm -r node-v0.10.26/
}}}

=== Test Install ===
 Change the port in this script (gleaned from [[http://howtonode.org/how-to-install-nodejs|here]]) to the one requested in the firewall rules and place it in ~/public_web/sitename/.
 {{{#!highlight js
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Hello Node.js\n');
}).listen(8124, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8124/');
}}}