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Devon Campbell
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Use Node.js to build a time server and a web server

In this video, weโ€™re continuing through the Learn You Node workshop. Weโ€™ll build a TCP time server which answers each TCP request with the current time and a web server that responds to HTTP requests with a file.

Video Notes

โ— If you havenโ€™t done the other videos of this series, you might be lost. Start with the first video in the series.

๐Ÿ“บ Part 1

๐Ÿ“ If you need to install Learn You Node, you can get directions on their repo.

๐Ÿ“…๐Ÿ• In the process of doing this, weโ€™ll also learn to use NPM to install and manage a dependency. Weโ€™ll be incorporating date-fns, a date utility library for client-side Javascript and Node.

๐Ÿ‘‹ Thank you for watching and for working through the exercises with me! Look out for the final video in which weโ€™ll work through the remaining Learn You Node exercises together.

If you're excited about your new skills and looking for a project so you can put them to good use, check out my list of web development project ideas.

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