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DevLog 1-3

Create a Node.js project and publish it on Github

Section titled “Create a Node.js project and publish it on Github”

This Introduction to NPM and Node tutorial builds a foundation for what you will learn in this class. Below find the learning objectives for this DevLog which correspond to sections in the tutorial. Save the information with the ✏️ which you will enter in your DevLog in the next class.

  1. Install and use Node.js on your machine
  2. Confirm your Node version ✏️v25.4.0
  3. Run a script with Node.js
  4. Initialize a new project with NPM
  5. Install Nodemon globally to automatically reload scripts
  6. Install the Cron NPM package and use it in a script
  7. Look up the cron expression for “every 10 minutes”. Test it and add it here: ‘10,20,30,40,59 0 * * *’
  8. Create a Git repo and commit a .gitignore file
  9. Publish the repo on Github. Add the link [here] (https://github.com/siqjulia/cron-demo.git)
  10. Turn it in by posting the Github link in Moodle