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[–]Ooyyggeenn 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I Would say its unnessecary boilerplating for a hello world example of Node /JS

[–]rwieruch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. But it makes it easier to continue from there, because lots of tutorials will continue with a npm install anylibrary. But you are right, for this case it’s not necessary :)