For development, you will only need Node.js and a node global package, npm, installed in your environement.
Just go on official Node.js website and download the installer.
Also, be sure to have git available in your PATH, npm might need it (You can find git here).
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You can install nodejs and npm easily with apt install, just run the following commands.
$ sudo apt install nodejs $ sudo apt install npm
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You can find more information about the installation on the official Node.js website and the official NPM website.
If the installation was successful, you should be able to run the following command.
$ node --version
v8.11.3
$ npm --version
6.1.0
If you need to update npm, you can make it using npm! Cool right? After running the following command, just open again the command line and be happy.
npm install npm -g
cd project_folder
npm install
npm run start
You will know server is running by checking the output of the command npm run start
Serving function...
Function: addUser
Signature type: cloudevent
URL: http://localhost:8080/
Note: 8080 will be the default port. Override process.env.PORT to change the port
Build the application using the following command. This would generate a folder called dist in the current directory
npm run build
To deploy the server on GCP, please follow the tutorial here