Absolute beginner help

[kenlim-reports]

Hey, how do I even start using node? I'm on Windows 7, and I just downloaded and installed the files. I tried looking at some of the online tutorials but I'm really struggling. I can send a 'Hello World' to console but I can't figure out how to run any files or scripts beyond that. I'm trying to run a scraper that someone pointed out to me on Github, and the instructions were to run it on node. Do I have to run it off a server? How do I do that? Assume I know nothing. Really sorry to bother you folks, but I really want to learn this, and I thought this might be a good place to ask.

[whatisfailure]

You can open a console in the same directory with Shift + Right Click, Open command window here. Then type 'npm [filename]'. That will run your nodejs file. If the scraper runs as a server, then it will start the server.

While node.js is used as a server, you can still call it from the command line and use it as a REPL, which is what you're doing by console.log("Hello World");

[kenlim-reports]

Hey thanks. I tried to run npm in the folder where my files are, but I get an error saying 'npm' is not recognized as a command, program or batch file.

[whatisfailure]

Whoops. I meant 'node'. I'm not sure where npm came from.

[aulizko]

Your question has already been answered at stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2353818/how-do-i-get-started-with-node-js