So Node.js was forked late last year and the forked version is io.js.

I can't find anything of a setup guide on the docs. I'm fairly new, anyone know how I can setup io.js using Express web framework? Thanks!

So Node.js was forked late last year and the forked version is io.js.

I can't find anything of a setup guide on the docs. I'm fairly new, anyone know how I can setup io.js using Express web framework? Thanks!

• javascript
• express
• frameworks
• io.js

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Do the steps in answer 1, then create an index.js file like this

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use('/resources', express.static(__dirname + '/resources'));

app.get('*', function (req, res, next) {
    res.send('hello world');
    res.end();
});

app.listen(3000);

and a package.json file like this

{
  "name": "iojsexpress",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "Get express working with iojs",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.10.7"
  }
}

and then run the following mands

npm install
iojs index.js

and visit localhost port 3000 in your browser and you should see "hello world"

Actually io.js wasn't released yet. First release will be at January 13th(or 14rth) (see here). At this time the best you can do to setup io.js is to clone its repository:

git clone https://github./iojs/io.js

and try to build it manually. On Unix/Max it looks like:

./configure
make
make install

But I do not remend you to do this. Beware: now very active preparation for the first release is going on. Lots of mits with possibly breaking changes. So better wait less then one week until first official io.js version will be released.