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Programming_Languages/NodeJS/Architecture/Ports.md

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   - node-modules
 ---
 
-Like Bash, Node utilises [environment variables](../Shell%20Scripting/Environmental%20and%20shell%20variables.md) and the syntax is the same since Node must run in a Bash environment or emulator (like GitBash on Windows).
+# Ports
 
 When working in development we are able to specify the specific port from which we want top serve our application. In production, we do not always have this control: the port will most likely be set by the provider of the server environment. 
 
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ While we may not know the specific port, whichever it is, it will be accessible
 
 ````js
 const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
-app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Listening on ${port}`));
-
 ````
 
 This way, if a port is set by the provider it will use it. If not, it will fall back to 3000.

Programming_Languages/NodeJS/Modules/Third_party/Morgan.md

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+---
+tags:
+  - Programming_Languages
+  - backend
+  - node-js
+  - middleware
+---
+
+# Morgan
+
+Morgan is middleware that is used to log HTTP requests to the Express instance. 
+
+```js
+app.use(morgan('dev'))
+```
+With Morgan in place, every time we run a request it will be logged on the console that is running our Node application, e.g:
+
+```plain
+GET /api/courses 200 95 - 1.774 ms
+```
+This uses the `tiny` default which logs the bare minimum giving us: request type; endpoint; response code; and time to execute. But there are more verbose settings.
+
+It defaults to logging on the console but can also be configured to write to a log file. 

Programming_Languages/NodeJS/Modules/Third_party/Nodemon.md

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+---
+tags:
+  - Programming_Languages
+  - backend
+  - node-js
+---
+
+# Nodemon
+
+We don't want to have to restart the local server every time we make a change to our files. We can use `nodemon` instead of `node` when running our `index.js` file so that file-changes are immediately registered without the need for a restart. 
+
+This is a wrapper around the `node` command so it doesn't require any configuration. Once installed, update your start script from `node index.js` to `nodemon index.js`.