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title: "Get started with nodejs in steps"
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  "Sometimes the hardest thing is getting started with something. This blog will
  help you get started with nodejs."
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# Get started with nodejs in steps

Sometimes the hardest thing is getting started with something. This blog will
help you get started with nodejs.

- Author: Neeraj Singh
- Published: March 25, 2010
- Categories: JavaScript

[nodejs](http://nodejs.org) is awesome. To get people started with nodejs,
[node-chat](http://chat.nodejs.org) has been developed. Source code for
node-chat app is here (Link is not available) .

When I looked at source code for the first time, it looked intimidating. In
order to get started with nodejs, I have developed a small portion of the
node-chat application in 13 incremental steps.

The first step is as simple as
[15 lines of code](http://github.com/neerajsingh0101/node-chat-in-steps/raw/step1/server.js)
.

If you want to follow along then go through
[README](http://github.com/neerajsingh0101/node-chat-in-steps) and you can get a
feel of nodejs very quickly. How to checkout each step and other information is
mentioned in README.

Enjoy nodejs.

## Links

- [Human page](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/getting-started-with-nodejs-in-steps)