So in this repl I made a simple express server and made it serve index.html. The html file has a script tag for running script.js and it executes perfectly because a new element is added to the web page. However if I uncomment line 7 or lines 13-18 of script.js, the element is not added. Why does that happen? I am guessing it has something to do with nodejs vs browser javascript, but I still can’t wrap my head around what’s happening.
@Coder100 Wait, so is there any way I convert it to nodejs? Or would I just have to use it the web/dom way? And if that’s the case, why doesn’t the code work with the event listener eventhough thats also in webjs?
@Coder100 Oh ok, that makes sense. So I’ll probably have to use script tags with the commonjs import syntax instead of require. But can I still use npm packages?
Wierd Nodejs Behaviour
Hello Everyone!
So in this repl I made a simple express server and made it serve
index.html. The html file has a script tag for runningscript.jsand it executes perfectly because a new element is added to the web page. However if I uncomment line 7 or lines 13-18 ofscript.js, the element is not added. Why does that happen? I am guessing it has something to do with nodejs vs browser javascript, but I still can’t wrap my head around what’s happening.anyways, script.js isn't nodejs -- its web js!! So that means you can't use axios or any of the cool node things. It's not node!
you have to use it the dom way
@Jackbaklavayou don't convert anything to nodejs -- its already js!
nodejs is just js but backend.
np!
@Jackbaklavabtw
some node packages won't work because of what they try to accomplish, for example puppeteer.
anyways mark as correct answer?