Running scripts with node command in Node.js - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to run a Node.js script named app.js from the command line.

Node.js

node [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aapp.js

Brun.js

Cindex.html

Dscript.py

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Trying to run a non-JavaScript file like script.py with node.

Forgetting to include the script file name after node.

To run a Node.js script, you use the node command followed by the script file name. Here, app.js is the script to run.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to run a script named server.js located in the src folder.

Node.js

node [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Asrc\server.js

Bsrc/server.js

Cserver.js

D./server.js

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using backslashes \ which may not work on all systems.

Omitting the folder path and just typing the file name.

To run a script inside a folder, include the relative path with forward slashes. Here, src/server.js points to the script inside the src folder.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to run app.js when the user typed node app.

Node.js

node [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aapp.js

Bapp.jsx

Capp

Dapp.json

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting the .js extension.

Trying to run files with wrong extensions like .jsx or .json.

Node.js requires the full file name including the .js extension to run the script correctly.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to run a script named index.js located in the scripts folder using a relative path.

Node.js

node [1]/[2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ascripts

Bindex.js

Csrc

Dmain.js

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping folder and file names.

Using wrong folder or file names.

The correct relative path is scripts/index.js. The first blank is the folder name, the second is the script file.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to run a script named server.js inside the src folder inside the app folder located in the current directory.

Node.js

node ./[1]/[2]/[3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aapp

Bsrc

Cserver.js

Dmain.js

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Missing the current directory prefix ./.

Using wrong folder or file names.

Swapping the order of folders and file.

The path ./app/src/server.js runs the script inside nested folders. The first blank is the app folder, second is src, third is the script file.