So let’s create a directory for our app and change to this directory: $ mkdir test-node & cd test-node Keyboard External storage: Storage on external SD cards.Īlthough the environment setup in Termux is similar to that of a modern Linux distribution, running on Android implies differences and so far I have only managed to run Node.js fully while storing my data in Termux’s private storage (option 1 above).

Shared internal storage: Storage in the device available to all apps.

App-private storage: This is right where you are when you start Termux.

There are three main types of storage in Termux: Termux comes with a minimal base system, so you should also install ‘coreutils’ for the full-fledged variants of base CLI utilities such as ‘mv’, ‘ls’, etc. So type the following commands at the prompt - that is, after the ‘$’ sign - and press : $ apt update & apt upgrade Right after installing Termux, it is recommended to check for updates, and upgrade if need be. When you open Termux, you are greeted by a Command Line Interface (CLI). It comes as a free app that can be installed directly from the Play Store or from F-Droid catalogue. Termux combines terminal emulation with a Linux package collection. (This section can be skipped if you already know Vim.)

Install and see how to use Vim as a text editor.

In this first post, we will limit ourselves to setting up our Node.js development environment, that is: We are also going to use Express and see how to store our app’s data in NeDB, a lightweight JavaScript database, whose API is a subset of MongoDB’s. I will show how to get started with Node.js using Termux on Android.

Thanks to Termux a terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android, the fun of developping Node.js web applications is just a few ‘npm install’s away! What we are going to do If you are excited about Node.js and own an Android device, no doubt you’ll enjoy running Node.js on it. By Aurélien Giraud Building a Node.js application on Android - Part 1: Termux, Vim and Node.js

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