//app.js
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hello World!')
})
app.listen(port, () => {
console.log(`Example app listening on port`)
})
//package.Json
{
"name": "weatherproject",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "app.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.18.1"
}
}
getting error when trying to start the server
PS Z:\Programming\Web_Development\Web_Development_Udemy\NodeJs\API\WeatherProject\WeatherProject> node app.js Z:\Programming\Web_Development\Web_Development_Udemy\NodeJs\API\WeatherProject\WeatherProject\app.js:1 ��/
SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:352:18) at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1033:15) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1069:27) at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32) at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12) at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:77:12) at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47
/* please help me i'm a beginner trying to learn js but here i got stuck for days don't know why this is happening */
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