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I'm a PHP programmer and I'm discovering the world of NodeJS.

I installed Node on my local computer and that's ok, I can make some stuff to work, but I'm not quite used to the fact of using terminal/CMD to do my programming. But I think I could bear with that.

I'm pretty used to the fact that when I need to place something on the Internet, I buy a domain, 99.9% of them have PHP installed on, and that's ok, so I can get along great with few easy steps.

This seems to me totally different in NodeJS. I tried asking my Hosting if they could install NodeJS on my server, they said no.

I tried to find a NodeJS hosting, they exist but the cost is crazy, they are asking the same price I pay for a full year "normal" hosting but for a single month...

Even with www.openshift.com I see there is free hosting but with third level domain and I'm not used to not seeing my files and not being able of doing WHAT I WANT.

So, probably I'm not getting quite well how this NodeJS works, can someone explain me how Node can be used for production and if I'm on the right path?

Do I have to have a special domain or a special setup server to have Node installed or I can put it in my current host?

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    A simple VPS-type host, as offered by Linode or Digital Ocean, is usually very inexpensive. It takes some system administration knowledge, but having that is not a bad thing. It will give you more flexibility with hosting options than being stuck with "shared" hosting providers. You can also do it with Amazon Elastic Beanstalk or Google Compute. Commented Apr 8, 2015 at 21:24
  • I found modulus.io very easy to get started. See if that is closer to what you want. They do charge $15 a month, though you can get the first month free. OpenShift is more complex and you better be good at SSH to do anything. I don't know of any node hosts with a traditional cPanel interface. Commented Apr 8, 2015 at 22:01

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Well node's command line is not what a node website uses to run. They use node to kick off a long-running process. Something like "node somefile.js" is how you would execute a pre-made script on the command line. That starting file then calls in more files via require or some other construct.

You're making a website? There are tons of guides out there to help you choose, but http://expressjs.com/ is one of the most common frameworks. You can follow the guides there to mess around. Heroku is a free host for low traffic sites. It is perfect for just creating something and messing around.

Hope that helps!

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Holy crap that was a fast -1. Thanks guys
Yeah, mine too! The thing I like the most is that they just downvote without explaining why... :D
stackoverflow.com/questions/2353818/… and stackoverflow.com/questions/11311672/… are also two great resources to get you started on your way.

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