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This is a quick guide to creating a Node.js package for npm. Full package.json documentation available from npmjs.com.

Intro

This is the very basics of using Socket.io.

Two other articles that may be relevant:

• WebSocket Basics with JavaScript
• Express.js Basics

Installation

You need socket.io at a minimum. The others are optional.

Intro

To implement WebSockets, you need a client and a server. Ws.js is a library for Node.js that lets you create servers. For the client side, we'll use the native WebSocket object in the browser.

• Server side: ws.js WebSocket implementation
• Client side: Native WebSocket object in browser

Server example

You need to install the ws package with npm first:

Intro

This is a quick overview of a very simple express.js app.

Installation

npm install --save express ejs

The ejs package is for simple HTML templates.

Use auto-generated project template

Read more at https://expressjs.com/en/starter/generator.html.

This will guide through the steps to install Lutris for gaming on Debian Linux. I followed these steps using Debian 11 to play StarCraft 2 and other games.

When installing Debian or other Linux distributions as a guest in VirtualBox, you should install the guest additions for better integration. This allows shared clipboard, screen resizing, and more.

This tutorial will cover setuptools and how to package libraries and applications for pip, https://pypi.org, and distribution to others.

Let's walk through the process of building Node.js from source. I'll be demonstrating this on Debian 10 Buster. The current version of Node.js in the Debian repository is v10.24. I'm going to download the newest version 15 and build it. When I'm done, I'll have the latest version node and npm executables installed on my system.